Method and system for copying the data contents of a computer system memory during application program run-time
US7877561B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 25, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/84
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of copying and updating data in a processor memory during program run-time without suspending the program's access to its data in the memory during the data-copying and updating processes. In one aspect, the invention concerns a method of copying data from processor memory to a dump memory during run-time, including determining whether data in a segment of the processor memory is to be updated by a program and copying the data to a corresponding segment in the dump memory prior to the data being updated. According to one embodiment, a data-copying instance is utilized to obtain a point-in-time image of a data content of processor memory while the program is running.
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