24–28 Aug 2020
US/Pacific timezone

Safety in processes CPU execution state

25 Aug 2020, 08:00
20m
Microconference2/Virtual-Room (LPC Virtual)

Microconference2/Virtual-Room

LPC Virtual

150
Kernel Dependability & Assurance MC Kernel Dependability & Assurance MC

Speakers

Ben DooksMr Jens Petersohn

Description

A process running a safety critical function needs to be free from any interference. One source of this interference comes from are interruptions to the program flow from either synchronous events like system calls, or asynchronous events such as interrupts.

This talk details the sources of such events; the hazards that are associated with them, and some of the ways in which these may be mitigated. It will also go into some of the complexities of a modern processor such as an x86, showing what is considered to be the execution state and the issues surrounding monitoring the program flow.

We will show a mitigation developed to detect any changes in the execution state of a given process and discuss the limitations, performance and the issues raised during the development of the feature.

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