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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2000
Vamsi Krishna Sangavarapu, Bangalore, IN;
Suparna Bhattacharya, Bangalore, IN;
Richard J Moore, Waterlooville, GB;
Vamsi Krishna Sangavarapu, Bangalore, IN;
Suparna Bhattacharya, Bangalore, IN;
Richard J Moore, Waterlooville, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for detecting one or more zombie global breakpoints for debugging computer software are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: checking a breakpoint data structure to determine if a breakpoint known to a debugging process is at an address where a breakpoint fired; if a known breakpoint cannot be determined at the address, verifying if a breakpoint condition continues to exist at the address where the breakpoint fired; and if the breakpoint condition does not exist, identifying the breakpoint as a zombie breakpoint.