Backward post-execution software debugger
US8789023B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/23283
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method finds an error in a computer program. A plurality of execution breakpoints are set in the computer program. A portion of the execution of the computer program is simulated as recorded in the trace data in the reverse order until one a plurality of conditions is met, wherein one of the plurality of conditions is an attempt to execute a machine instruction associated with one of the plurality of execution breakpoints.
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