Managing and maintaining multiple debug contexts in a debug execution mode for real-time processors
US12153509B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/805
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A real-time debugger implementation maintains and manages multiple debug contexts allowing developers to interact with real-time applications without “breaking” the system in which the debug application is executing. The debugger allows multiple debug contexts to exist and allows break points in real-time and non-real-time code portions of one or more applications executing on a debug enabled core of a processor. A debug monitor function may be implemented as a hardware logic module on the same integrated circuit as the processor. Higher priority interrupt service requests may be serviced while otherwise maintaining a context for the debug session (e.g., stopped at a developer defined breakpoint). Accordingly, the application developer executing the debugger may not have to be concerned with processing occurring on the processor that may be unrelated to the current debug session.
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