Unveiling the Energy Vampires: A Methodology for Debugging Software Energy Consumption

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Published in:arXiv.org (Dec 13, 2024), p. n/a
Main Author: Enrique Barba Roque
Other Authors: Cruz, Luis, Durieux, Thomas
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245 1 |a Unveiling the Energy Vampires: A Methodology for Debugging Software Energy Consumption 
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520 3 |a Energy consumption in software systems is becoming increasingly important, especially in large-scale deployments. However, debugging energy-related issues remains challenging due to the lack of specialized tools. This paper presents an energy debugging methodology for identifying and isolating energy consumption hotspots in software systems. We demonstrate the methodology's effectiveness through a case study of Redis, a popular in-memory database. Our analysis reveals significant energy consumption differences between Alpine and Ubuntu distributions, with Alpine consuming up to 20.2% more power in certain operations. We trace this difference to the implementation of the memcpy function in different C standard libraries (musl vs. glibc). By isolating and benchmarking memcpy, we confirm it as the primary cause of the energy discrepancy. Our findings highlight the importance of considering energy efficiency in software dependencies and demonstrate the capability to assist developers in identifying and addressing energy-related issues. This work contributes to the growing field of sustainable software engineering by providing a systematic approach to energy debugging and using it to unveil unexpected energy behaviors in Alpine. 
653 |a Debugging 
653 |a Methodology 
653 |a System effectiveness 
653 |a Energy consumption 
653 |a Software 
700 1 |a Cruz, Luis 
700 1 |a Durieux, Thomas 
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