Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Testing or debugging
Reexamination Certificate
2003-06-27
2008-08-19
Bullock, Jr., Lewis A. (Department: 2193)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Testing or debugging
C717S124000, C717S125000, C717S128000, C717S130000, C717S131000, C718S100000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07415699
ABSTRACT:
A monitoring interface, includes logic responsive to a pre-fork event, the pre-fork event responsive to a vfork system call. The pre-fork event includes indicia that identifies a child process to be created in accordance with the vfork system call. A method for controlling the execution of a child process created from a parent process, where the parent process is monitored by a software tool includes, receiving indicia that a vfork system call will be executed by the parent process, suspending execution of the parent process, extracting a process identifier from the indicia of the vfork system call, the process identifier corresponding to a child process to be generated by the parent process when the parent process executes the vfork system call, setting a process monitor thread to observe the child process, and resuming execution of the parent process to enable the parent process to execute past the vfork system call.
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Gouriou Eric
Hundt Robert
Rai Sushanth
Saraswati Sujoy
Sharpe Edward
Bullock, Jr. Lewis A.
Francis Mark P.
Hewlett--Packard Development Company, L.P.
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