The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Balbir Singh, Bangalore, IN;
Maneesh Soni, Bangalore, IN;
Balbir Singh, Bangalore, IN;
Maneesh Soni, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for instrumentation are provided along with a method for instrumentation preparation. The method for instrumentation preparation may comprise obtaining address data of an original instruction in an original instruction stream, obtaining kernel mode data comprising a kernel breakpoint handler, obtaining user mode data comprising a user breakpoint handler, allocating a page of a process address space, creating a trampoline, associating the trampoline with a breakpoint instruction, and replacing the original instruction with the breakpoint instruction. The method for instrumentation may comprise detecting the breakpoint instruction, calling the kernel breakpoint handler, modifying an instruction pointer via the kernel breakpoint handler such that the instruction pointer points to the trampoline, and executing the trampoline. The system for instrumentation may comprise a breakpoint setup module and a breakpoint execution module for respectively setting up and completing instrumentation involving the trampoline.