TW200625071A - Method and apparatus for non-intrusive tracing - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for non-intrusive tracing

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Publication number
TW200625071A
TW200625071A TW094131710A TW94131710A TW200625071A TW 200625071 A TW200625071 A TW 200625071A TW 094131710 A TW094131710 A TW 094131710A TW 94131710 A TW94131710 A TW 94131710A TW 200625071 A TW200625071 A TW 200625071A
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Prior art keywords
trace information
multiple counters
values
intrusive
tracing
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TW094131710A
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Itay Peled
Moshe Anschel
Uri Dayan
Yacov Efrat
Avraham Horn
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/30—Monitoring
    • G06F11/34—Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation ; Recording or statistical evaluation of user activity, e.g. usability assessment
    • G06F11/3466—Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
    • G06F11/348—Circuit details, i.e. tracer hardware
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/36—Preventing errors by testing or debugging software
    • G06F11/362—Software debugging
    • G06F11/3636—Software debugging by tracing the execution of the program
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F8/00—Arrangements for software engineering
    • G06F8/40—Transformation of program code
    • G06F8/41—Compilation
    • G06F8/44—Encoding
    • G06F8/441—Register allocation; Assignment of physical memory space to logical memory space
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30098—Register arrangements
    • G06F9/30105—Register structure
    • G06F9/30116—Shadow registers, e.g. coupled registers, not forming part of the register space
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/32—Address formation of the next instruction, e.g. by incrementing the instruction counter
    • G06F9/321—Program or instruction counter, e.g. incrementing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to error detection, to error correction, and to monitoring
    • G06F2201/88—Monitoring involving counting

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Debugging And Monitoring (AREA)
TW094131710A 2004-09-14 2005-09-14 Method and apparatus for non-intrusive tracing TW200625071A (en)

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EP (1) EP1805615A4 (zh)
JP (1) JP2008513875A (zh)
KR (1) KR20070057944A (zh)
CN (1) CN100524231C (zh)
TW (1) TW200625071A (zh)
WO (1) WO2006030381A2 (zh)

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CN100524231C (zh) 2009-08-05
KR20070057944A (ko) 2007-06-07
EP1805615A2 (en) 2007-07-11
JP2008513875A (ja) 2008-05-01
US7249288B2 (en) 2007-07-24
WO2006030381A3 (en) 2006-08-24
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