CRASH Severity Scale

• Catastrophic

  • Test computer crashes (both Benchmark and Starter abort or hang)

• Restart

  • Benchmark process hangs, requiring restart

• Abort

  • Benchmark process aborts (e.g., “core dump”)

• Silent

  • No error code generated, when one should have been(e.g., de-referencing null pointer produces no error)

• Hindering

  • Incorrect error code generated

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