Method and apparatus for external crash analysis in a multitasking operating system
US6601188B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/366
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides a method, and a program for investigating the operation of processes of an application program running on a multitasking operating system of a computer system to determine if any of the processes have stopped for a predetermined exception incident, by: identifying to the operating system a plurality of predetermined exceptions to be investigated; instructing said operating system to stop a process when it encounters one of the predetermined exception incidents; scanning the computer system periodically for stopped processes; determining whether a stopped process has been identified as having encountered a predetermined exception incident; and performing a predetermined action if the process has encountered a predetermined exception incident.
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