Parallel verification of software architecture design
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This document describes an approach to parallelize the verification of software architecture designs to improve scalability. Key aspects include behaviorally modeling components and their interactions, automatically splitting large models into smaller sub-models for parallel verification, and implementing the verification as a web service. Design flaws like circular dependencies and bottlenecks that impact reliability can be detected to prevent issues during implementation. Performance evaluation shows the multi-model and multi-threaded parallel approaches verify models faster than a single monolithic model.
![Behavioural Modelling
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, Comp1
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,... CompN
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Port (Comp1)= [P0,1
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![Communicating Sequential Process (CSP) #
As we use PAT as a model checker, CSP# is used to define the model and the processes
that form the execution of system.
● The initial process set the values to two dimensional array that represent the
interaction matrix .
Initial() = initialize {
reqmat[0][0] = 1;reqmat[0][1] = -1;reqmat[0][2] = -1;...
● Two process forms the request and invoke event.
Request(i) = invoke.component[i] -> RequestNext(i);
RequestNext(i) = [] x:{0..(N-1)} @[reqmat[i][x]>=0] request.component[reqmat[i][x]]
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![Circular Dependency Detection
The detection is based on the liveness property and weak
fairness constraints in the model checking technique.
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The formula helps to probe different scenario that the
components are invoked in the model and the
counterexample is analysed to find loop in the execution path.
Temporal Modalities
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![Bottleneck Detection
The detection check the execution path when the
invoke.Compi event occurs more.
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Parallel verification of software architecture design
- 1. Parallel Verification of Software Architecture Design IEEE International Symposium on High Quality Assurance Systems Engineering (HASE) 2019 Nacha Chondamrongkul, Jing Sun, Ian Warren, Bingyang Wei University of Auckland New Zealand
- 2. Software Architecture ◼ Software architecture shows structures of the system which comprise software components and their relationship ◼ Require the verification to prevent design flaws carried forwards to the implementation ◼ Design flaws can affect system reliability and maintainability ◼ Model Checking can automate the verification but the large model but there is two issues: ▪ State space explosion problem. ▪ Complexity in modelling and verification
- 3. Objective ● Improve the scalability of the verification in large-scale software architecture design. ○ The verification aims to detect design flaws, such as dependency bottleneck and circular dependency, that affect system maintainability and/or performance. ○ Model is automatically splitted into smaller sub-models, which is verifiable in parallel with multi-threading support ● Abstract the complexity in model checking technique for software engineers. ○ The web service is developed to allow other tools to integrate with.
- 5. Behavioural Modelling Component = [Comp0 , Comp1 , Comp2 ,... CompN ] Port (Comp1)= [P0,1 , P0,2 , … P0,N-2 ]
- 6. Communicating Sequential Process (CSP) # As we use PAT as a model checker, CSP# is used to define the model and the processes that form the execution of system. ● The initial process set the values to two dimensional array that represent the interaction matrix . Initial() = initialize { reqmat[0][0] = 1;reqmat[0][1] = -1;reqmat[0][2] = -1;... ● Two process forms the request and invoke event. Request(i) = invoke.component[i] -> RequestNext(i); RequestNext(i) = [] x:{0..(N-1)} @[reqmat[i][x]>=0] request.component[reqmat[i][x]] -> Request(reqmat[i][x]);
- 7. Behavioural Verification Circular Dependency - a circumstance when a set of components consume services on one another as a circle. - Change to one of component causes ripple effect to other component. - The execution may leads to deadlock.
- 8. Circular Dependency Detection The detection is based on the liveness property and weak fairness constraints in the model checking technique. []<>request.(Compi ) The formula helps to probe different scenario that the components are invoked in the model and the counterexample is analysed to find loop in the execution path. Temporal Modalities [] always <> eventually
- 9. Behavioural Verification Dependency Bottleneck - when more than one component rely on a service on a component. - Change to the component causes consequence changes to the components that rely on. - Potentially worsens the system response time due to the thread contention
- 10. Bottleneck Detection The detection check the execution path when the invoke.Compi event occurs more. [] (invoke:Compi -> <> request:Compj)
- 11. Implementation The verification is implemented as web service to abstract the complexity in modelling and verification ● Derive Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) from analysis tools ● Input DSM as JSON ● Return defect type and scenario that cause it.
- 13. Multi-Model Verification Designing the software architecture with monolithic approach that includes all details of the software system in a single model is highly complex and vulnerable to the state space explosion. We split the model into smaller sub-model either manually or automatically. Then the sub-models are verified in asynchronous manner on pools of verification service
- 14. Performance Evaluation Multi-Modular Model vs Single Monolithic Model
- 15. Multi-Thread Verification As the LTL formula to detect design flaws is used to generate assertions that can be executed independently. We developed multiple asynchronous threading that allow number of LTL assertions to be executed simultaneously. Thread scheduler algorithm is proposed to allocate an available thread to execute an assertion.
- 16. Performance Evaluation Set #1 - 10 components Set #2 - 20 components Set #3 - 30 components Set #4 - 40 components
- 17. Summary ● A scalable approach that models and verifies behaviours in the large component-based software architecture designs. ● Behavioural problems that are caused by design flaws and affect system reliability such as circular dependency and bottleneck can be automatically detected ● Implementation as web service to abstract the complexity in the modelling and verification process ● Apply parallelism to enhance the performance of verification.