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Eraser: a dynamic data race detector for multithreaded programs
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Multithreaded programming is difficult and error prone. It is easy to make a mistake in synchronization that produces a data race, yet it can be extremely hard to locate this mistake during debugging. This article describes a new tool, called Eraser, for dynamically detecting data races in lock-based multithreaded programs. Eraser uses binary rewriting techniques to monitor every shared-monory reference and verify that consistent locking behavior is observed. We present several case studies, including undergraduate coursework and a multithreaded Web search engine, that demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach.
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- Authors
- Savage, S., Burrows, M., Nelson, G., Sobalvarro, P., & Anderson, T.
- Venue
- ACM Transactions on Computer Systems
- Published
- 1997-11
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 391-411
- ISSN
- 0734-2071 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7333
- OpenAlex
- W1972544179
- Cited by
- 1,572
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 56.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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