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authorYann Herklotz <ymh15@ic.ac.uk>2020-09-15 08:57:28 +0000
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\section{Related Work}
-The only other work of which we are aware on fuzzing HLS tools is that by Lidbury et al. \cite{lidbury15_many_core_compil_fuzzin}, who tested several OpenCL compilers, including an HLS compiler from Altera (now Intel). They were only able to subject that compiler to superficial testing because so many of the test cases they generated led to it crashing. In comparison to our work: where Lidbury et al. generated target-independent OpenCL programs that could be used to test HLS tools and conventional compilers alike, we specifically generate programs that are tailored for HLS (e.g. with HLS-specific pragmas) with the aim of testing the HLS tools more deeply. Another difference is that where we test using sequential C programs, they test using highly concurrent OpenCL programs, and thus have to go to great lengths to ensure that any discrepancies observed between compilers cannot be attributed to the inherent nondeterminism of concurrency.
+The only other work of which we are aware on fuzzing HLS tools is that by Lidbury et al. \cite{lidbury15_many_core_compil_fuzzin}, who tested several OpenCL compilers, including an HLS compiler from Altera (now Intel). They were only able to subject that compiler to superficial testing because so many of the test-cases they generated led to it crashing. In comparison to our work: where Lidbury et al. generated target-independent OpenCL programs that could be used to test HLS tools and conventional compilers alike, we specifically generate programs that are tailored for HLS (e.g. with HLS-specific pragmas) with the aim of testing the HLS tools more deeply. Another difference is that where we test using sequential C programs, they test using highly concurrent OpenCL programs, and thus have to go to great lengths to ensure that any discrepancies observed between compilers cannot be attributed to the inherent nondeterminism of concurrency.
Other stages of the FPGA toolchain have been subjected to fuzzing. Herklotz et al.~\cite{verismith} tested several FPGA synthesis tools using randomly generated Verilog programs. Where they concentrated on the RTL-to-netlist stage of hardware design, we focus our attention on the earlier C-to-RTL stage.
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\item In the SPARK HLS tool~\cite{gupta03_spark}, some compiler passes, such as scheduling, are mechanically validated during compilation~\cite{chouksey20_verif_sched_condit_behav_high_level_synth}. Unfortunately, this tool is not yet readily available to test properly.
-\item Finally, the Catapult C HLS tool~\cite{mentor20_catap_high_level_synth} is designed only to produce an output netlist if it can mechanically prove it equivalent to the input program. It should therefore never produce wrong RTL. In future work, we intend to test Catapult C alongside Vivado HLS, LegUp, and the Intel HLS Compiler.
+\item Finally, the Catapult C HLS tool~\cite{mentor20_catap_high_level_synth} is designed only to produce an output netlist if it can mechanically prove it equivalent to the input program. It should therefore never produce wrong RTL. In future work, we intend to test Catapult C alongside Vivado HLS, LegUp, and Intel i++.
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