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Embedded systems require even more flexibility. Several system permits on-the-market software updates. However these updates must be reliable, otherwise, the results can be catastrophic. Device drivers may have any updates and they are very vulnerable to this problem, requiring mechanisms that are able to capture errors arising from updates at runtime. This work proposes an approach for runtime errors...
Embedded systems are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, controlling a wide variety of popular and safety-critical devices. Effective testing techniques could improve the dependability of these systems. In prior work we presented an approach for testing embedded systems, focusing on embedded system applications and the tasks that comprise them. In this work we focus on a second but equally important...
Extensible processor provides an efficient mechanism to boost the performance of the whole system without losing much flexibility. However, due to the intense demand of low cost and power consumption, customizing an embedded system has been more difficult than ever. In this paper, we present a framework for custom instruction generation considering both area constraint and resource sharing. We also...
Reconfigurable embedded systems are capable of changing their functionalities by dynamically adding or removing components. This enables hardware/software architectures to adapt to changes in the system environment at run-time which has been proven to be a very useful technique in multimedia applications. This paper proposes a novel methodology to combine hardware and software to a System-on-Programmable-Chip...
Increasing complexity of today's WSAN applications imposes demanding challenges on the underlying system design. This especially affects real-time operation, resource sharing and memory usage. Using preemptive task systems is one way to retain acceptable reactivity within highly dynamic environments. Yet, since memory is commonly rare and can often not be assigned statically, this rapidly leads to...
Many SoCs adopt multicore architectures. As a result, embedded programmers are also facing the challenge of parallel programming. We propose a parallel skeleton library that can be used on embedded multicores. Our library is implemented in standard C++ using template features. We propose two parallel skeletons to support common program patterns on multicores. In our skeleton library, programmers can...
Service-level reuse development has drawn great attention in the research field of embedded systems. In this paper, we present reusable integrity management services for future embedded systems based on virtualization technique. A series of problems related with system security and reliability are addressed by adopting these services to existing system designs. Moreover, we have implemented the prototype...
In this paper, a runtime self-diagnosis and self-recovery infrastructure is presented for embedded systems. Different from existing methods of off-line tracing system logs, our research focuses on analyzing system kernel data structures from runtime memory periodically against predefined constraints. If any violations have been detected, recovery functions are invoked. The prototype system is developed...
Traditional monitoring techniques are not suitable for embedded systems because they could incur significant overhead. This paper proposes a lightweight dynamic performance monitoring framework for embedded systems focusing on reducing the dynamic monitoring overhead. With the introduction of a target-host separation and cooperation model, the target (embedded) system only needs to perform minimal...
In this paper, online system-level self-healing support is presented for embedded systems. Different from off-line log analysis methods used by conventional intrusion detection systems, our research focuses on analyzing runtime kernel data structures hence perform self-diagnosis and self-healing. Inside the infrastructure, self-diagnosis and self-healing solutions have been implemented based on several...
Commercial-off-the-shelf operating systems (COTS OSs) are increasingly chosen as key building blocks in embedded system design due to their rich feature-set available at low costs. Unfortunately, as the complexity of such OSs increases, testing key OS components such as device drivers (DD) to ensure continuous service provision becomes increasingly challenging. Despite the improving test efforts targeting...
The kernel objects consist of critical kernel data structures and system call functions, which are the most important data for a system, should be protected as first-class candidates. In this paper, a lightweight system-level detection and recovery infrastructure is presented for embedded systems. Inside the infrastructure, specific runtime protections have been implemented for different kernel objects,...
In this paper, a lightweight system level monitoring infrastructure known as kernel objects monitoring infrastructure (KOMI) is presented for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded systems. The kernel objects consist of certain critical kernel data structures and entry points of system calls, which are protected as first-class objects inside the system. KOMI provides specific runtime protections...
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