Preserve Status Parameter for Testing in Computing System

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computing system, implements a method for testing using a preserve status parameter, wherein the method comprises:

• setting, by a calling process in the computing system, the preserve status parameter;
• issuing a call to a function under test by the calling process in the computing system;
• executing the function under test in the computing system, wherein data in a memory area accessed by the function under test during execution is preserved based on the preserve status parameter, such that the computing system does not reuse the memory area while the data in the memory area is being preserved;
• determining if an error occurred during execution of the function under test;
• in the event an error is determined to have occurred during execution of the function under test, making the data in the memory area available for inspection;
• and
• releasing the memory area for reuse by the computing system.