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Dynamic Race Detection with LLVM Compiler
Abstract: Data races are among the most difficult to detect and costly
bugs. Race detection has been studied widely, but none of the existing tools satisfies
the requirements of high speed, detailed reports and wide availability at the same
time. We describe our attempt to create a tool that works fast, has detailed and
understandable reports and is available on a variety of platforms. The race detector is
based on our previous work, ThreadSanitizer, and the instrumentation is done using the
LLVM compiler. We show that applying compiler instrumentation and sampling reduces the
slowdown to less than 1.5x, fast enough for interactive use.
