Characterization of Linux Kernel Behavior under Errors

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 459-468

  Gu, Weining ^a   Kalbarczyk, Zbigniew ^a   Iyer, Ravishankar K ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR INJECTION; FAULT PROPAGATION; LINUX KERNEL BEHAVIOR;

BENCHMARKING; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ERROR DETECTION; FILE ORGANIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM ERRORS; REDUNDANCY;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 1542359963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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