Saving state data in parallel in a multi-processor system

A multi-processor system, comprising:

• a plurality of processors, including a first processor;
• a plurality of software components, each logging state data comprising a history of states of the component;
• a buffer;
• a master thread configured to detect a problem in the system;
• and
• a statesave thread spawned to each of the plurality of processors by the master thread upon detection of a problem and directing each processor, in parallel with each other processor, to:
• a) attempt to identify a component in the system having a status of “incomplete”, indicating that state data of the component remains to be offloaded;
• b) when a component having a status of “incomplete” is identified, execute a statesave code to offload state data from the identified component to the buffer;
• c) upon completion of the state data offload from the identified component, change the status of the component to “complete”;
• and
• d) repeat a) through c) until no components are identified in the system having a status of “incomplete”.

A computer program product of a computer readable medium usable with a programmable computer, the computer program product having computer-readable code embodied therein for saving state data in a multi-processor system, the system including a plurality of components having state data, the computer-readable code comprising instructions for:

• detecting a problem in a multi-processor system;
• and
• for each processor in the system, spawning a statesave thread directing each processor in parallel to:
• a) attempt to identify a component in the system having a status of “incomplete”, indicating that state data of the component remains to be offloaded;
• b) when a component having a status of “incomplete” is identified, execute a statesave code to offload state data from the identified component;
• c) upon completion of the state data offload from the identified component, change the status of the component to “complete”;
• and
• d) repeat steps a) through c) until no components are identified in the system having a status of “incomplete”.