Patent · US Expired

Profiling execution of computer programs

US7013456B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 1999
Grant dateMar 14, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/45554
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a computer for performance of the method. While executing a program on a computer, profileable events occurring in the instruction pipeline are detected. The instruction pipeline is directed to record profile information describing the profileable events essentially concurrently with the occurrence of the profileable events. The detecting and recording occur under control of hardware of the computer without software intervention.

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