Exception handler for sampling draw dispatch identifiers

A system, comprising:

• a command processor, wherein the command processor is configured to:
• store one or more addresses associated with each draw or dispatch submitted to a graphics pipeline of a graphics processor, each submitted draw or dispatch including one or more commands instructing the graphics processor to draw an object;
• receive an exception signal indicating an occurrence of a pipeline exception at a shader stage of the graphics pipeline;
• and
• determine, based on the exception signal and on the stored one or more addresses, an address of a command packet associated with the pipeline exception.

A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a set of executable instructions, the set of executable instructions to manipulate at least one processor to:

• store, for each draw or dispatch submitted to a graphics pipeline of a graphics processor, one or more addresses associated with the submitted draw or dispatch, each submitted draw or dispatch including one or more commands instructing the graphics processor to draw an object;
• receive an exception signal indicating an occurrence of a pipeline exception at a shader stage of the graphics pipeline;
• and
• determine, based on the exception signal and on the stored one or more associated addresses, an address of a command packet associated with the pipeline exception.