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Practical experiences of applying source-level WCET flow analysis to industrial code

Authors:

Björn Lisper, Andreas Ermedahl, Dietmar Schreiner , Peter Gliwa , Jens Knoop

Research group:

Programming Languages

Publication Type:

Journal article

Venue:

International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer

Publisher:

Springer

DOI:

10.1007/s10009-012-0255-9

Abstract

Code-level timing analysis, such as Worst-Case Execution Time (WCET) analysis, usually takes place at the binary level. However, many program properties that are important for the analysis, such as constraints on possible program flows, are easier to derive at the source code level since this code contains much more information. Therefore, various source-level analyses can provide valuable support for timing analysis. However, source-level analysis is not always smoothly applicable in industrial settings. In this paper we report on the experiences of applying source-level analysis to industrial code in the ALL-TIMES project: the promises, the pitfalls, and the workarounds that were developed. We also discuss various approaches to how the difficulties that were encountered can be tackled.

Bibtex

@article{Lisper2366,
author = {Bj{\"o}rn Lisper and Andreas Ermedahl and Dietmar Schreiner and Peter Gliwa and Jens Knoop},
title = {Practical experiences of applying source-level WCET flow analysis to industrial code},
volume = {15},
number = {1},
pages = {53--63},
month = {February},
year = {2013},
journal = {International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer},
publisher = {Springer},
url = {http://www.es.mdu.se/publications/2366-}
}