Low-cost non-intrusive debugging strategies for distributed parallel programs

M. D. Beynon; H. Andrade; J. Saltz

doi:10.1109/CLUSTR.2002.1137778

Low-cost non-intrusive debugging strategies for distributed parallel programs

M. D. Beynon
, H. Andrade
, J. Saltz

Biomedical Informatics

University of Maryland, College Park
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

We show how five low-cost and nonintrusive techniques that work using free commodity tools such as GDB can be used to improve the debugging process of multi-threaded and/or distributed parallel programs. These techniques have been used in the development of major software middleware - DataCutter and MQO - and have proven their value by lowering the time necessary to detect and correct bugs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002
Editors	Bill Gropp, Rajkumar Buyya, Rob Pennington, Maxine Brown, Mark Baker, Dan Reed
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	439-442
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	0769517455
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLUSTR.2002.1137778
State	Published - 2002
Event	IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002 - Chicago, United States Duration: Sep 23 2002 → Sep 26 2002

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC
Volume	2002-January
ISSN (Print)	1552-5244

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	09/23/02 → 09/26/02

Keywords

Biomedical informatics
Computer science
Educational institutions
Productivity
Programming environments
Programming profession
Software debugging
Software tools
System recovery
Yarn

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Beynon, M. D., Andrade, H., & Saltz, J. (2002). Low-cost non-intrusive debugging strategies for distributed parallel programs. In B. Gropp, R. Buyya, R. Pennington, M. Brown, M. Baker, & D. Reed (Eds.), Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002 (pp. 439-442). Article 1137778 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC; Vol. 2002-January). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLUSTR.2002.1137778

Beynon, M. D. ; Andrade, H. ; Saltz, J. / Low-cost non-intrusive debugging strategies for distributed parallel programs. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002. editor / Bill Gropp ; Rajkumar Buyya ; Rob Pennington ; Maxine Brown ; Mark Baker ; Dan Reed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2002. pp. 439-442 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC).

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Beynon, MD, Andrade, H & Saltz, J 2002, Low-cost non-intrusive debugging strategies for distributed parallel programs. in B Gropp, R Buyya, R Pennington, M Brown, M Baker & D Reed (eds), Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002., 1137778, Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC, vol. 2002-January, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 439-442, IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002, Chicago, United States, 09/23/02. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLUSTR.2002.1137778

Low-cost non-intrusive debugging strategies for distributed parallel programs. / Beynon, M. D.; Andrade, H.; Saltz, J.
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002. ed. / Bill Gropp; Rajkumar Buyya; Rob Pennington; Maxine Brown; Mark Baker; Dan Reed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2002. p. 439-442 1137778 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC; Vol. 2002-January).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Beynon MD, Andrade H, Saltz J. Low-cost non-intrusive debugging strategies for distributed parallel programs. In Gropp B, Buyya R, Pennington R, Brown M, Baker M, Reed D, editors, Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER 2002. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2002. p. 439-442. 1137778. (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC). doi: 10.1109/CLUSTR.2002.1137778

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