Page 1 On the Automatic Evolution of an OS Kernel using Temporal Logic and AOP Julia L. Lawall DIKU, University of Copenhagen Joint work with: Rickard A. Åberg, Mario Südholt, Gilles Muller Obasco Group, Ecole des Mines de Nantes/INRIA Anne-Françoise Le Meur Compose Group, INRIA/LABRI, ENSEIRB

Page 2 Overview u Goal: Automating software evolution u Context: –Support for the Bossa scheduling framework u Our approach: –Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) –Temporal Logic

Page 3 Bossa scheduling framework u Goal: –Allow application programmers to implement kernel- level process schedulers u Functionality of a process scheduler: –Decide when to elect a new process –Decide what process to elect u Information needed from the kernel: –Times when electing a new process is allowed –Changes in process states

Page 4 Bossa architecture Standard kernel with added events Standardxx kernel with added events User- defined scheduling policy Who adds all the events?

Page 5 Distribution of events 77 files require modification (Linux )

Page 6 Linux kernel code // request process state change set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); add_wait_queue(&md->lynx->mem_dma_intr_wait, &wait); run_sub_pcl(md->lynx, md->lynx->dcmem_pcl, 2, CHANNEL_LOCALBUS); // electing a new process is allowed schedule( ); Problem: Bossa process election function depends on process state.

Page 7 Bossa-Linux kernel code // change process state set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); add_wait_queue(&md->lynx->mem_dma_intr_wait, &wait); run_sub_pcl(md->lynx, md->lynx->dcmem_pcl, 2, CHANNEL_LOCALBUS); // electing a new process is allowed schedule_interruptible( ); Problem: Bossa process election function depends on process state. Choice of event depends on the requested process state.

Page 8 Observations u Events occur within function bodies. u Choice of event is context-sensitive –Depends on information local to the function, but not local to the event-notification site  Information and rewriting site may be separated by if, while, etc.

Page 9 Requirements u Automated approach –Manual modification is tedious and error-prone u Portability –Treat multiple kernel versions

Page 10 Solution: AOP & Temporal logic u Aspect-oriented programming –Scheduling behavior crosscuts the kernel –AOP localizes event-notification strategy separate from the kernel code »reduces specification size (one entry per concept) »allows modification of multiple kernels –Typically applied to function call/return sites u Temporal logic –A logic describing sequences of events –Our use: describe control-flow patterns

Page 11 Temporal logic (CTL) u Propositional logic: –p, true, false,   ,   ,  u One step in the future –One path: EX  –All paths: AX  u Multiple steps in the future –One path: E(  U  ) –All paths: A(  U  ) u Backwards variants –AX  , A  (  U  ), etc. p,q pp pp q EXp

Page 12 Temporal logic (CTL) u Propositional logic: –p, true, false,   ,   ,  u One step in the future –One path: EX  –All paths: AX  u Multiple steps in the future –One path: E(  U  ) –All paths: A(  U  ) u Backwards variants –AX  , A  (  U  ), etc. A(  p U q) p,q pp pp q

Page 13 Temporal logic (CTL) u Propositional logic: –p, true, false,   ,   ,  u One step in the future –One path: EX  –All paths: AX  u Multiple steps in the future –One path: E(  U  ) –All paths: A(  U  ) u Backwards variants –AX  , A  (  U  ), etc. A(  p U q) p,q pp pp q

Page 14 Temporal logic (CTL) u Propositional logic: –p, true, false,   ,   ,  u One step in the future –One path: EX  –All paths: AX  u Multiple steps in the future –One path: E(  U  ) –All paths: A(  U  ) u Backwards variants –AX  , A  (  U  ), etc. A(  p U q) p,q pp pp q

Page 15 Example rule Replace try_to_wake_up by bossa_unblock_process. n:(call( try_to_wake_up ))  Rewrite(n, bossa_unblock_process(args) )

Page 16 Example rule (simplified) If the state is TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, replace schedule() by schedule_interruptible(). n:(call( schedule ))  Rewrite(n, schedule_interruptible(args) ) If n ├ AX  (A  (  changeOfState() U setState(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE)))

Page 17 Processing Linux kernel code // change process state set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); add_wait_queue(&md->lynx->mem_dma_intr_wait, &wait); run_sub_pcl(md->lynx, md->lynx->dcmem_pcl, 2, CHANNEL_LOCALBUS); // electing a new process is allowed schedule( ); set_current_state (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) add_wait_queue run_sub_pcl schedule n:(call( schedule ))  Rewrite(n, schedule_interruptible(args) ) If AX  (A  (  changeOfState() U setState(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE)))

Page 18 Assessment u 38 rules (9 use temporal logic). u Approach validated on –Linux –Linux –patched Linux u Same performance as a manually reengineered kernel. –Errors found in the hand-modified version.

Page 19 Conclusions and future work u Problem: –Kernel evolution for Bossa requires crosscutting modifications –Modifications occur in function bodies and depend on context information u Solution: AOP & Temporal Logic u Future targets: –Linux 2.6, Windows, other OS services