Continuous monitoring and analysis of software events

A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage device including computer usable code for continuous monitoring and analysis of software events, the computer usable code comprising:

• computer usable code for allocating a set of entry blocks, an entry block in the set of entry blocks configured with a set of monitoring attributes to store monitoring data corresponding to a monitoring request;
• computer usable code for updating the entry block with an identifier supplied in the monitoring request;
• computer usable code for using the entry block to store the monitoring data responsive to the monitoring request, wherein the monitoring data comprises a continuous record of data changes at a requested location in memory from a time of beginning of an event to a time of ending of the event corresponding to the monitoring request, and wherein a size of the monitoring data is distinct from another size of another monitoring data stored in another entry block in the set of entry blocks responsive to another monitoring request;
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• computer usable code for performing, using a processor, an operation specified in the monitoring request on a part of the monitoring data accessible from a monitoring attribute in the set of monitoring attributes of the entry block.

A data processing system for continuous monitoring and analysis of software events, the data processing system comprising:

• a storage device including a storage medium, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code;
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• a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code, and wherein the computer usable program code comprises:
• computer usable code for allocating a set of entry blocks, an entry block in the set of entry blocks configured with a set of monitoring attributes to store monitoring data corresponding to a monitoring request;
• computer usable code for updating the entry block with an identifier supplied in the monitoring request;
• computer usable code for using the entry block to store the monitoring data responsive to the monitoring request, wherein the monitoring data comprises a continuous record of data changes at a requested location in memory from a time of beginning of an event to a time of ending of the event corresponding to the monitoring request, and wherein a size of the monitoring data is distinct from another size of another monitoring data stored in another entry block in the set of entry blocks responsive to another monitoring request;
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• computer usable code for performing, using a processor, an operation specified in the monitoring request on a part of the monitoring data accessible from a monitoring attribute in the set of monitoring attributes of the entry block.