Method and system to identify a memory corruption source within a multiprocessor system
US6845470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/073
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for identifying a source of a corrupt data in a memory in a multiprocessor computer system. When a computer program stores corrupt data causing a program failure or a system crash, the corrupt data and its address are identified. The multiprocessor computer system is shut down, and the corrupt data is cleared from the memory. Before fully re-booting the multiprocessor computer system, a processor is selected from the multiprocessor computer system to load and run monitor code designed to monitor the location where the corrupt data was stored. The program that previously stored the corrupt data is restarted, and the selected processor detects any re-storage of the corrupt data in the same memory address. All processors in the computer system are then immediately suspended. The registers of all processors suspected of storing corrupt data are inspected to determine the source of the corrupt data.
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