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Probe Framework - A Generic Approach for System Instrumentation

Authors:
Markku Pollari
Teemu Kanstrén

Keywords: system instrumentation; monitoring; analysis; testing

Abstract:
This paper introduces a general framework directed for system instrumentation. The introduced framework provides support for a system instrumentation approach that enables designing information capture, monitoring and analysis features into a software-intensive system. We describe the general concept, architecture and implementation of the framework and two case studies in its application. As a prototyping platform, we dealt with collecting information from Linux systems by probes created with the building blocks and interfaces provided by the framework. We also discuss the effects of building support for the framework in an implementation from the viewpoint of different constraints, especially focusing on real-time embedded systems, where especially strict constraints are present. Overall, we demonstrate the feasibility of a more uniform instrumentation approach through this concept and its application in two case studies.

Pages: 34 to 50

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2010. Used with permission.

Publication date: September 5, 2010

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2679