Anomaly detection method and system for network processing unit

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a method and a system for detecting an abnormality of a network processor. The method comprises the following steps: an abnormality detection operation code is added into an execution flow of each thread in a network processor, and the network processor sets a flag bit corresponding to a current thread in an abnormality protection flag data area in a shared memory to a first flag when executing the abnormality detection operation code in the current thread; and when a period of a timer is expire, a coprocessor detects all the flag bits in the abnormality protection flag data area in the shared memory, determines that a thread corresponding to a flag bit which is not the first flag is abnormal when detecting that not all the flag bits are the first flag, and sets all the flag bits to a second flag when detecting that all the flag bits are the first flag. Through the disclosure, the abnormality of a thread can be detected timely and efficiently, so that the failure detection capability of the network device using the network processor as a core unit at run time is improved without influencing the forwarding performance and service processing flow of the network processor.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and more particularly, to a method and system for detecting abnormality of a network processor. Background technique [0002] A network processor (Net Processor, NP for short) is an application-specific instruction processor oriented to the network application field, and is a software programmable device oriented to data packet processing and having architectural features and / or specific circuits. Currently in the data communication industry, almost all mainstream switches and routers use network processors as the core components for traffic forwarding and service processing. The stable operation of the network processor is the basis for ensuring the high-performance forwarding of data communication product traffic, and it is also the basic condition for the security and stability of business processing. [0003] In recent years, with the increasing abundance of network services...

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The existing network processor-based forwarding equipment hardware networking does not connect it to peripherals such as light-emitting diodes, and the network processor runs at a high frequency, and the program location is updated very quickly, so it cannot be connected to an external light-emitting diode. to display

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