Dynamic instrumentation event trace system and methods
US7047521B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3644
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Program code loaded for execution by a computer can be dynamically instrumented to collect event data by inserting an instruction at a trace point within the program code as loaded in a memory space of a computer, where the trace point corresponds to the beginning of a predefined function of the program selected for event tracing. The instruction provides for the direction of the execution of said computer to a function proxy routine, which includes a call to an instance of the predefined function. Event data is collected in connection with the calling of the instance of the predefined function.
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