Identifying a code library from the subset of base pointers...

Details Identifying a code library from the subset of base pointers... Identifying a code library from the subset of base pointers...

2008-01-22

2008-01-22

Chu, Gabriel (Department: 2114)

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Data processing system error or fault handling

Reliability and availability

C717S124000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07321988

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is generally directed to improving the stability of computing devices by identifying plug-in modules and other programs that cause failures. More specifically, the present invention provides a method that traces program execution from an instruction that ultimately generated a failure to a code library that caused the failure generating instruction to be executed. The method traces execution of the computing device by obtaining the contents of memory at the time of the failure and traversing the stack data structure that stores data items necessary to execute function calls.

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