Dynamic logging and prioritization of error incident data

A system comprising:

• one or more processors for executing computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions controlling the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an error code describing a computer hardware or firmware error;
• receiving a list of data items to be collected to assist in correcting the error, the contents of the list selected based at least in part on the error code, and the contents of the list in priority order from a highest priority data item to a lowest priority data item;
• collecting the data items in the list;
• selecting a buffer to store the collected data items;
• and
• transmitting at least a subset of the collected data items to be written to the buffer, wherein all of the collected data items are transmitted to the buffer when the buffer is large enough to hold all of the data items in the list, and a subset of the collected data items are transmitted to the buffer in priority order starting with the highest priority data item when the buffer is not large enough to hold all of the data in the list.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an error code describing a computer hardware or firmware error;
• receiving a list of data items to be collected to assist in correcting the error, the contents of the list selected based at least in part on the error code, and the contents of the list in priority order from a highest priority data item to a lowest priority data item;
• collecting the data items in the list;
• selecting a buffer to store the collected data items;
• and
• transmitting at least a subset of the collected data items to be written to the buffer, wherein all of the collected data items are transmitted to the buffer when the buffer is large enough to hold all of the data items in the list, and a subset of the collected data items are transmitted to the buffer in priority order starting with the highest priority data item when the buffer is not large enough to hold all of the data in the list.