Pypen: Code instrumentation tool for dynamic analysis and energy efficiency evaluation

IF 4.1 2区计算机科学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE

Computer Standards & Interfaces Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI:10.1016/j.csi.2025.104000

Carlos Pulido, Ignacio García, Ma Ángeles Moraga, Félix García, Coral Calero

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Abstract

Given the large environmental impact that software can generate, the environmental sustainability of software is increasingly a major concern for developers today. Thus, it is important to provide them with the means and tools to understand the impact of their decisions on the energy consumption of software. To achieve this, more accurate information must be made available to better guide optimization efforts, in particular by identifying the specific sections of the software where the highest energy consumption occurs.

This paper presents Pypen, a profiler that uses instrumentation to collect detailed execution data about the software execution. Through its integration with the ecosystem of tools of the technological component of the FEETINGS framework, Pypen is able to identify “hot” methods where the highest energy consumption occurs, allowing developers to focus on improving the energy efficiency of specific software sections.

To evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of our tool, a sample study was conducted aimed at identifying areas of the software with higher energy consumption, providing opportunities to better focus improvement efforts.

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Pypen：用于动态分析和能源效率评估的代码工具

鉴于软件能够产生巨大的环境影响，软件的环境可持续性日益成为当今开发人员关注的主要问题。因此，为他们提供方法和工具来理解他们的决策对软件能耗的影响是很重要的。为了实现这一目标，必须提供更准确的信息，以更好地指导优化工作，特别是通过确定软件中能耗最高的特定部分。本文介绍了Pypen，一个使用工具收集有关软件执行的详细执行数据的分析器。通过与FEETINGS框架的技术组件的工具生态系统的集成，Pypen能够识别能耗最高的“热门”方法，使开发人员能够专注于提高特定软件部分的能效。为了评估和证明我们的工具的有效性，我们进行了一个样本研究，旨在识别软件中具有较高能耗的区域，为更好地集中改进工作提供机会。

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Computer Standards & Interfaces 工程技术-计算机：软件工程

CiteScore

11.90

自引率

16.00%

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审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： The quality of software, well-defined interfaces (hardware and software), the process of digitalisation, and accepted standards in these fields are essential for building and exploiting complex computing, communication, multimedia and measuring systems. Standards can simplify the design and construction of individual hardware and software components and help to ensure satisfactory interworking. Computer Standards & Interfaces is an international journal dealing specifically with these topics. The journal • Provides information about activities and progress on the definition of computer standards, software quality, interfaces and methods, at national, European and international levels • Publishes critical comments on standards and standards activities • Disseminates user''s experiences and case studies in the application and exploitation of established or emerging standards, interfaces and methods • Offers a forum for discussion on actual projects, standards, interfaces and methods by recognised experts • Stimulates relevant research by providing a specialised refereed medium.