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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Juan M Casas, Round Rock, TX (US);
Saurabh Nath Sharma, Austin, TX (US);
Basu Vaidyanathan, Austin, TX (US);
Juan M Casas, Round Rock, TX (US);
Saurabh Nath Sharma, Austin, TX (US);
Basu Vaidyanathan, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and computer program products for lock tracing at a component level are disclosed. The one or more embodiments of the invention include computer program instructions for associating one or more locks with a component of the operating system; initiating lock tracing for the component; and instrumenting the component-associated locks with lock tracing program instructions in response to initiating lock tracing. The locks are selected from a group of locks configured for use by an operating system and individually comprise locking code. The component lock tracing may be static or dynamic.