Providing debugging capability for program instrumented code

Details Providing debugging capability for program instrumented code Providing debugging capability for program instrumented code

2005-10-18

2005-10-18

Chaki, Kakali (Department: 2193)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Testing or debugging

C717S129000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06957421

ABSTRACT:
The present invention, in various embodiments, is directed to techniques for providing debugging capability for program code instrumentation. In one embodiment, an instrumentor inserts an instrumentation breakpoint at the beginning of a block of original code. When this breakpoint is reached during execution of the application program that includes the block of original code, the instrumenator, from the block of original code, generates a block of instrumented code. This block of instrumented code may include debugging breakpoints that are carried from the block of original code or are inserted into the block of instrumented code during debugging. After generating the instrumented code, the instrumentor executes the instrumented code until debugging breakpoints are reached that stop the program flow, thereby allowing a programmer to perform debugging functions at these debugging breakpoints.

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