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A stateful approach to generate synthetic events from kernel traces

Naser Ezzati-Jivan and Michel Dagenais

Article (2012)

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We propose a generic synthetic event generator from kernel trace events. The proposed method makes use of patterns of system states and environment-independent semantic events rather than platform-specific raw events. This method can be applied to different kernel and user level trace formats. We use a state model to store intermediate states and events. This stateful method supports partial trace abstraction and enables users to seek and navigate through the trace events and to abstract out the desired part. Since it uses the current and previous values of the system states and has more knowledge of the underlying system execution, it can generate a wide range of synthetic events. One of the obvious applications of this method is the identification of system faults and problems that will appear later in this paper. We will discuss the architecture of the method, its implementation, and the performance results.

Subjects: 2700 Information technology > 2706 Software engineering
2700 Information technology > 2713 Algorithms
2700 Information technology > 2714 Mathematics of computing
Department: Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering
PolyPublie URL: https://publications.polymtl.ca/4861/
Journal Title: Advances in Software Engineering (vol. 2012)
Publisher: Hindawi
DOI: 10.1155/2012/140368
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/140368
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2021 15:40
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2024 09:12
Cite in APA 7: Ezzati-Jivan, N., & Dagenais, M. (2012). A stateful approach to generate synthetic events from kernel traces. Advances in Software Engineering, 2012, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/140368

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