Kernel event subscription and publication system and method

In an operating system, a kernel event publication system, comprising:

• a kernel;
• a system event notification module for notifying user application programs of kernel level system events;
• a plurality of kernel drivers;
• a kernel system event log;
• a kernel system event buffer;
• a system daemon;
• and
• a plurality of system event loadable modules.

In a computer system, a computer implemented kernel event publication system comprising:

• kernel event detection logic for detecting kernel events subscribed by user application programs in the computer system;
• kernel event publication logic for publishing the occurrence to said kernel events to said user application programs;
• and
• kernel event dispatching logic for dispatching kernel data associated with said kernel events to said user application programs subscribing to said kernel events.

A method of publishing system kernel level events of a computer operating system to user level applications, said method comprising:

• defining a set of kernel level events for monitoring;
• subscribing user level applications to said kernel level events;
• detecting the occurrence of kernel level events;
• and
• publishing said kernel level events to said user level applications.