Automated debug trace specification
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorFranck Delporte
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Abstract
Debugging a debug target software by: (i) generating a first log file set, including at least one log file, based upon how the computer hardware set executes the instructions of the computer software set; (ii) responsive to a first error in the execution of the computer software set, examining at least a portion of the first log file set; and (iii) creating, based at least in part upon the examination of the first log file set, augmented logging instructions for generating augmented logging information, which is helpful for debugging.
Claims19
A method for using a computer hardware set to execute instructions of a computer software set, the method comprising:
- generating a first log file set, including at least one log file, based upon how the computer hardware set executes the instructions of the computer software set;
- responsive to a first error in the execution of the computer software set, examining at least a portion of the first log file set;
- and
- creating, based at least in part upon the examination of the first log file set, augmented logging instructions for generating augmented logging information upon any occurrence of an error similar to the first error;
- wherein:
- at least a portion of the augmented logging information is not included in the first log file set;
- and
- the examining and creating steps are performed automatically, and substantially without human intervention, by agent software running on the computer hardware set.
A computer program product for use with a computer hardware set that executes instructions of a computer software set, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage media set including at least one storage medium;
- and
- program instructions stored on the media set;
- wherein:
- the program instructions comprising:
- first instructions programmed to generate a first log file set, including at least one log file, based upon how the computer hardware set executes the instructions of the computer software set,
- second instructions programmed to, responsive to a first error in the execution of the computer software set, examine at least a portion of the first log file set, and
- third instructions programmed to create, based at least in part upon the examination of the first log file set, augmented logging instructions for generating augmented logging information upon any occurrence of an error similar to the first error;
- and
- at least a portion of the augmented logging information is not included in the first log file set.
A computer hardware set that executes instructions of a computer software set, the computer hardware set comprising:
- a processor set;
- a computer-readable storage media set including at least one storage medium;
- and
- program instructions stored on the media set and executable on the processor set;
- wherein:
- the program instructions comprising:
- first instructions programmed to generate a first log file set, including at least one log file, based upon how the computer hardware set executes the instructions of the computer software set,
- second instructions programmed to, responsive to a first error in the execution of the computer software set, examine at least a portion of the first log file set, and
- third instructions programmed to create, based at least in part upon the examination of the first log file set, augmented logging instructions for generating augmented logging information upon any occurrence of an error similar to the first error;
- and
- at least a portion of the augmented logging information is not included in the first log file set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.