Control flow based compression of execution traces
US7308681B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/86
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating a compressed trace for a program, wherein events are compressed separately to provide improved compression and tracing. A sequence of events for a program is selected, and a sequence of values is then determined for each of the selected events occurring during an execution of the program. Each sequence of values is then compressed to generate a compressed sequence of values for each event. These values are then ordered in accordance with information stored in selected events (such as for example, branch events), where the ordered values correspond to the trace.
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