Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Testing or debugging
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-11
2011-10-18
Zhen, Wei (Department: 2191)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Testing or debugging
Reexamination Certificate
active
08042102
ABSTRACT:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product in a data processing system are presented for using hardware assistance for gathering performance information that significantly reduces the overhead in gathering such information. Performance indicators are associated with instructions or memory locations, and processing of the performance indicators enables counting of events associated with execution of those instructions or events associated with accesses to those memory locations. The performance information that has been dynamically gathered from the assisting hardware is available to the software application during runtime in order to autonomically affect the behavior of the software application, particularly to enhance its performance. For example, the counted events may be used to autonomically collecting statistical information about the ability of a software application to successfully acquire a semaphore.
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DeWitt, Jr. Jimmie E.
Levine Frank E.
Richardson Christopher M.
Urquhart Robert J.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Mims Jr. David A.
Wu Junchun
Yee & Associates P.C.
Zhen Wei
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