Apparatus and method for tracing data flows in high-speed comput

Details Apparatus and method for tracing data flows in high-speed comput Apparatus and method for tracing data flows in high-speed comput

1994-12-19

1998-06-09

Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.

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395377, 364264, 3642672, 3642676, G06F 1100

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ABSTRACT:
A data flow of a processor is traced while accessing data stored in a memory and in a plurality of registers during operation of the processor. The tracing involves detecting an unpredictable accessing of data on the assumption that a predictable accessing can be reconstructed without any further input. The unpredictable accessing is identified by setting and clearing a trace bit associated with each of the registers according to identifying the accessing as direct memory-to-register, register-to-register, constant-to-register, and indirect memory. If a trace bit is set on a register storing data being used as a base address during the indirect memory acceding, data flow control information, such as the base address stored in the register being used during the indirect acceding is recorded in a queue, and from the queue the information can be stored in a trace buffer. During reconstruction of the operation, the trace buffer, and a copy of the data having an initial state can be examined to analyze the data flows during the real-time operation of the processor.

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