MBBench: A WCET Benchmark Suite

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 40 - 50, 30.04.2020

Metin Kuzhan Veysel Harun Şahin

https://doi.org/10.35377/saucis.03.01.705777

Cited By: 3

Abstract

One of the important features of any real-time software is the worst-case execution time (WCET). To get an understanding of the timing behavior of real-time systems and to prove that the real-time software meets its deadlines, WCET analysis is performed. Today, researchers actively develop new WCET analysis methods and tools. Therefore, they need benchmark programs to evaluate and compare their work. To meet this need, in this study we present a new benchmark suite, called MBBench. MBBench includes a collection of C programs for Linux operating system and RTEMS real-time operating system. Its main aim is to help the evaluation and comparison of measurement-based WCET analysis methods/tools. MBBench has been published as open source. It can be obtained freely over the Internet.

Keywords

Real-Time Systems, Benchmark, WCET Analysis, Software Engineering

Thanks

The authors would like to acknowledge that this work is supported by the Real-Time Systems Research Laboratory at Sakarya University, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Department of Software Engineering. The MBBench benchmark suite can be obtained from the Real-Time Systems Research Laboratory homepage freely [18].

MBBench: WCET Kıyaslama Kümesi

Abstract

Herhangi bir gerçek zamanlı yazılımın en önemli özelliklerinden birisi, en kötü durum yürütme süresidir (WCET). Gerçek zamanlı sistemlerin zamanlama davranışını anlamak ve gerçek zamanlı yazılımın son teslim tarihlerini karşıladığını kanıtlamak için WCET analizi yapılır. Günümüzde araştırmacılar aktif olarak yeni WCET analiz yöntemleri ve araçları geliştirmektedir. Dolayısıyla, çalışmalarını değerlendirmek ve karşılaştırmak için kıyaslama programlarına ihtiyaç duymaktadırlar. Bu çalışmada, bu ihtiyacı karşılamaya yardımcı olmak amacıyla MBBench isminde yeni bir kıyaslama kümesi sunuyoruz. MBBench, Linux işletim sistemi ve RTEMS gerçek zamanlı işletim sistemi için C programları koleksiyonu içermektedir. Kıyaslama kümesinin temel amacı, ölçüm tabanlı WCET analizi yöntemlerinin/araçlarının değerlendirilmesine ve karşılaştırılmasına yardımcı olmaktır. MBBench, açık kaynak kodlu olarak yayınlanmıştır ve İnternet üzerinden ücretsiz olarak edinilebilir.

Keywords

Gerçek Zamanlı Sistemler, Kıyaslama, WCET analizi, Yazılım Mühendisliği

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