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DigHR: precise dynamic detection of hidden races with weak causal relation analysis

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Present advanced precise race detection techniques leverage strict causal relation to locate data races, leading to false negatives and missing many hidden races. In this paper, we present a novel race detection technique, called DigHR, which can detect more hidden races than existing precise techniques. DigHR is based on a weak causal relation, called afterward-confirm (AC) relation, which relaxes restrictions of existing causal relations and is proved to be sound. To represent AC relations between events, we propose a new data structure, called water-flow graph, which enable DigHR to analyze AC relations and detect hidden races at run-time. We have implemented DigHR in C/C++ and evaluated the effectiveness of DigHR by detecting races from real-world benchmarks and applications. The experimental results show that DigHR can precisely detect 21% more races than previous techniques, including FastTrack and CP.

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  1. The source code of DigHR is available at https://github.com/pluohust/DigHR.

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This work is supported by National Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61672249 and National 973 Fundamental Basic Research Program under Grant No. 2014CB340600.

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    Peng Luo, Deqing Zou, Hai Jin, Yajuan Du, Long Zheng & Jinan Shen

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Luo, P., Zou, D., Jin, H. et al. DigHR: precise dynamic detection of hidden races with weak causal relation analysis. J Supercomput 74, 2684–2704 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-018-2307-8

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