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Method, system and computer program product for generating trace data

US7975182B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

16Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Debbie A. St. Onge · Poughkeepsie, US
Jane H. Bartik · Poughkeepsie, US
Barry W. Krumm · Poughkeepsie, US
Erwin Pfeffer · Eppelheim, DE
Chung-Lung K. Shum · Wappingers Falls, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2008
Grant date	Jul 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/885
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a method, system and computer program product for generating trace data related to a data processing system event. The method includes: receiving an instruction relating to the system event from a location in the system; determining a minimum number of trace segment records required to record instruction information; and creating a trace segment table including the number of trace segment records, the number of trace segment records including at least one instruction record.

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