Method and system for throttling log messages for multiple entities
US8914684B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/0784
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A software module capable of simultaneously supporting multiple services provides log message throttling for each service with a separate “per service” log message buffer. When the software module is a device driver, for example, each device controlled by the device driver is allocated a message buffer to store descriptive log messages. Upon generation of a warning log message, descriptive log messages in the message buffer are flushed to a log file for review by an administrator. Furthermore, log message throttling may be implemented by only flushing the message buffer upon certain occurrences of warning log messages, such as in accordance with an exponential back-off algorithm.
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