System, method, and computer program for presenting and utilizing footprint data as a diagnostic tool

A computer program product in a storage type medium for identifying footprint data in a data processing system, the computer program product comprising:

• first instructions for executing a mainline routine;
• second instructions for allocating a first footprint area onto a failure recovery routine stack for use by the mainline routine;
• third instructions for storing a first footprint within the first footprint area;
• fourth instructions for receiving a first request from a requestor, the first request including at least one search parameter;
• and
• responsive to receiving the first request, fifth instructions for outputting the first footprint data to the requestor if the at least one search parameter is also included in the first footprint data.

A data processing system comprising:

• a memory containing a set of instructions;
• and
• a processor for executing the set of instructions, wherein executing the set of instructions comprises:
• executing a mainline routine;
• allocating a first footprint area onto a failure recovery routine stack for use by the mainline routine;
• storing a first footprint data within the first footprint area;
• receiving a first request from a requestor, the first request including at least one search parameter;
• and outputting the first footprint data to the requestor if the at least one search parameter is also included in the first footprint data.