Debugger exception filtering with target-based rules

A method comprising:

• defining one or more rules for exception filtering, each of said rules having one or more criteria and a break decision associated therewith, said rules being stored on a target computing device coupled to a host computing device;
• executing, by the target computing device, an instruction;
• receiving notification of an exception resulting from said executing, said notification including exception information describing the exception;
• evaluating the defined rules based on the exception information;
• selecting one of the rules based on said evaluating without notifying the host computing device;
• and
• implementing the break decision associated with the selected rule.

One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components implementing a kernel debugger, said components comprising:

• a debug component for accessing one or more rules for exception filtering, each of said rules having one or more criteria and a break decision associated therewith, said rules being stored on a target computing device coupled to a host computing device for debugging, wherein the target computing device executes a plurality of instructions;
• an interface component for receiving notification of an exception resulting from execution of the instructions, said notification including exception information describing the exception;
• a filter component for evaluating the rules accessed by the debug component based on the exception information to identify a break decision associated therewith without notifying the host computing device, wherein the filter component further applying the break decision associated with the selected rule;
• and
• a runtime component for enabling a user to dynamically modify the rules stored on the target computing device without notifying the host computing device.