JPH0484233A - Recording system for program operation conditions - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store massive information on operation conditions and to easily recognize the operation conditions of a program by providing an operation conditions display device by means of connecting it to the operation conditions supervisory device of an electronic computer. CONSTITUTION:The operation conditions supervisory device 12 supervises the operation conditions of the electronic computer 10 being the object of recording and informs the information transmission equipment 21 of the operation conditions display device 20 of obtained information through an information transmission equipment 14. The operation conditions of the electronic computer 10 being the object of recording is stored in an operation conditions storage area 233 storing the operation conditions of the program in accordance with a recording procedure which is set in a storage procedure storage area 232 that previously stores the recording procedure of the operation conditions of the program in a storage device 23 in the central processing unit 22 of the operation conditions display device 20. Then, the storage information retrieval means 225 of the central processing unit 22 retrieves the storage area 233 and displays data in a display means 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a program operation status recording method for recording data saved when an electronic computer, microprocessor, etc. performs interrupt processing as the operation status of a program.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional program operating status recording means, an electronic computer has an operating status monitoring device that executes a program that stores and records the operating status of the program in a storage device from a specific address of the program. Computers often have built-in storage devices for recording and storing data, but external storage devices have been used for large amounts of data.

Therefore, electronic computers have incorporated a recording program for recording the operating status of the program into the execution program to be recorded.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional program operating status recording method described above records the operating status of the program in the same storage device as the recording program whose operating status is to be recorded. Although the operating status is recorded in an external storage device, a search program is required to search for the recorded information.If there is an error in the recording program that records the operating status, the execution program to be recorded will not operate properly and may , there was a problem in that it took a long time to compile because the scale of the program became large.

An object of the present invention is to combine an operating status display device having a recording program, a storage area for recording the operating status of the program, and a display device for retrieving and displaying the recorded operating status to an operating status monitoring device of a computer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a program operation status recording method that solves the above-mentioned problems.

[Means to solve the problem]

The basic configuration of the program operating status recording method according to the present invention is that the program operating status recording method records the running program operating status in a storage device when the computer generates an interrupt process, and the operating status monitors the operating status inside the computer. When receiving a notification from the monitoring device to write saved data to the storage device of the computer due to the occurrence of an interrupt process, it instructs the central processing unit of the computer to stop operating, and reads out the recording procedure of the operating status stored in advance. The operating status display device extracts and records the operating status of the computer via the operating status monitoring device according to a recorded recording procedure, and also extracts and displays the recorded operating status information when receiving a display request from the outside. An embodiment of the operating status display device described in the basic configuration, or an interrupt address storage area that stores target addresses for interrupts, an operating status storage area that stores computer program operating status, and computer a storage device comprising a recording procedure storage area for storing a recording procedure for extracting the contents saved and recorded in the storage device and recording them in the operation status storage area; an address determining unit that compares the execution address of the interrupt address with the target address stored in the interrupt address storage area and outputs that they match.

When the matching information of the address determination section is not input, the address reading section reads out the saved data when it is stored in the storage device of the computer according to the recording procedure read from the recording procedure storage area using the received execution address. a recording execution unit that writes the read saved data to the operating status storage area according to the recording procedure; and a storage information retrieval unit that retrieves and outputs the operating status recorded at the specified address from the operating status storage area based on a predetermined instruction from the outside. and a display device that receives the output of the stored information retrieval unit and displays it on a screen.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
Each of FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the main operation procedure according to FIG.

Reference numeral 10 in FIG. 1 is an electronic computer to be recorded, and reference numeral 20 is an operating status display device for recording and displaying the operating status of a program. The operating status monitoring device 12 is located between the central processing unit 11 of the electronic computer 10 to be recorded and the storage device 13, and monitors the operating status of the electronic computer 10 to be recorded, and transmits the obtained information. The information transmission device 21 of the operating status display device 20 is notified via the device 14 and the signal line. The operating status of the computer 10 to be recorded is stored in the central processing unit 22 of the operating status display device 20 using a recording procedure that has been set in advance in the storage procedure storage area 232 that stores the recording procedure of the program operating status in the storage device 23. Operating status storage area 233 that stores program operating status according to
to be memorized.

Next, the operation for storing the operating status will be explained with reference to FIG. 1, which is a functional block diagram, along with FIG. 2, which is a flowchart.

The operating status monitoring device 12 of the computer 10 shown in FIG. The operating status display device 20 receives the execution address information to be sent by the information transmitting means 21 via the information transmitting means 14 (step 101).

The operating status display device 20 reads the target address of the storage device 23 that is the target of the interrupt from the trap address storage area 231. In step 102)L, the address determining unit 221 that determines the corresponding address reads the address from the operating status monitoring device 12. It is determined whether the address matches the obtained information (step 103). If they match, the computer control unit 223 instructs the central processing unit 11 of the computer 10 targeted for recording to stop operation (
In step 104), the current operating state of the program is maintained, while the address reading unit 222 reads out an arbitrary address in the storage device 23. The address reading unit 222 stores the contents of the storage device 13 of the electronic exchange 10 in the storage procedure storage area 232. The recording execution unit 224 reads the information according to the procedure described in step 105), and stores it in the operation status storage area 233 of the storage device 23 (step 106).

Thereafter, the computer control unit 223 instructs the central processing unit 11 of the computer 10 to be recorded to restart (step 107), and ends the recording procedure.

Next, the procedure for displaying the stored operating status information to the user will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and FIG. 2. The storage information retrieval means 225 of the central processing unit 22 is connected to the operation panel 3.
Step 112): receiving an instruction from the display device 24 that has received a blank operation instruction (step 111), searching the operating status storage area 233 of the storage device 23, and extracting information suitable for the purpose from the stored information; 24 to display it to the user of the device (step 113).

Therefore, the device of the present invention can be used on a computer to be recorded,
Connect multiple units to a microprocessor, store the operating status of a different program in each operating status display device, and search the stored information when the computer to be recorded or the microprocessor is not in use. This makes it possible to make effective use of electronic computers and microprocessors to be recorded during debugging.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention is capable of storing the operating status of a computer or microprocessor to be recorded in a storage device of an operating status display device outside the computer or microprocessor to be recorded. This makes it possible to store a large amount of information on the operating status, and by searching this information, it is possible to easily know the operating status of the program.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the program operation status recording method of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart 1 to 1 showing an example of the recording procedure according to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a display of recorded information. Flowchart illustrating an example of the procedure to do so. 10...Electronic computer, 1.1.22 Central processing unit, 1
2... Operating status monitoring device, 13.23... Storage device 1.4.21... Information transmission device, 20... Operating status display device 424... Display device, 30... Operation panel, 22
1...Address determination section, 222...Address reading section, 223.
... Computer control section, 224 ... Recording execution section, 225.
. . . Storage information search unit, 231 . . . Interrupt address storage area, 232 . . . Recording procedure storage area, 233 . . . Operation status storage area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a program operation status recording method in which a computer records the operating status of a running program in a storage device when an interrupt process occurs, an operation status monitoring device that monitors the internal computer operation status records the interrupt process. When receiving a notification to write saved data to the computer's storage device due to the occurrence of a A program characterized in that it has an operating status display device that extracts and records the operating status of the computer via the operating status monitoring device, and that extracts and displays the recorded operating status information when receiving a display request from the outside. Operation status recording method. 2. The operating status display device according to claim 1 comprises an interrupt address storage area for storing target addresses for interrupts, an operating status storage area for storing program operating status of the computer, and a storage device of the computer. a storage device comprising a recording procedure storage area for storing a recording procedure for extracting saved and recorded contents and recording them in the operating status storage area; and a write execution address that is received from a computer together with a notification of saving data writing due to the occurrence of an interrupt process. , an address determination unit that compares the interrupt address storage area with the target address stored and outputs a match; an address determination unit that reads from the recording procedure storage area according to the execution address received when the matching information of this address determination unit is input; an address reading unit that reads out the save data to be stored in the storage device of the computer according to the recorded recording procedure; a recording execution unit that writes the saved data read by the address reading unit to the operating status storage area according to the recording procedure; a central processing unit including a stored information retrieval unit that retrieves and outputs the operating status recorded at a designated address from the operating status storage area according to a predetermined instruction; and a display unit that receives the output of the stored information retrieval unit and displays it on a screen. 2. The program operation status recording method according to claim 1, further comprising: