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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
Applicant:
Katsuyuki Kimura, Kamakura, JP;
Inventor:
Katsuyuki Kimura, Kamakura, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tracer includes a trace memory that is stored with trace information of the program execution status of a processor; trace information compression unit that compresses the trace information into a predetermined trace format, and stores the resulting compressed information in the trace memory piece by piece cyclically; and an address register that stores the last stored address of the trace memory, analyzes the content of the trace memory in reverse order to a program executed order, searches for a start or end of the trace format, and carries out trace analysis therefrom in the program executed order.