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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Akira Takuma, Osaka-fu, JP;
Kohsaku Shibata, Osaka-fu, JP;
Akira Takuma, Osaka-fu, JP;
Kohsaku Shibata, Osaka-fu, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In executing debugging of an executable program in which a breakpoint is set at a conditional instruction using a software break technique, judgment of whether or not to stop the debugging is made, without use of a debugging device, in accordance with whether an execution condition expression of the conditional instruction is true or false. A processor capable of decoding and executing a program that includes conditional instructions executes debugging of the program. When a decoded instruction is a conditional break instruction (S: YES, S: YES), the processor identifies the type of the execution condition of the conditional break instruction (step S), and refers to a status register to check a status flag of the execution condition (S). If the execution condition is satisfied (S: YES), the processor executes interrupt processing to suspend debugging (S), and if the execution condition is not satisfied (S: NO), the processor continues debugging.