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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan, San Diego, CA (US);
Sajjit Thampy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan, San Diego, CA (US);
Sajjit Thampy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Gross, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that monitors system-calls to identify runaway processes within a computer system. First, the system monitors system-calls on the computer system during runtime, to generate a trace of system-calls made. Then, the system analyzes the trace to detect runaway processes.