Device state capture during operating system dump

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• initiate a system dump operation;
• request, by a dump manager of the computing device, a device dump from a device coupled to the computing device;
• retrieve a collection scope data structure and disruption vector corresponding to the device, wherein the collection scope data structure specifies a collection scope comprising a set of one or more functions in the device for which to collect state data, and wherein the disruption vector specifies, for each of the one or more functions, a corresponding level of disruption that will be caused by the device dump;
• collect device dump data from the device in accordance with the collection scope data structure and the disruption vector;
• and
• generate the system dump data structure based on the collected device dump data.

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• initiate a system dump operation;
• request, by a dump manager of the computing device, a device dump from a device coupled to the computing device;
• retrieve a collection scope data structure and disruption vector corresponding to the device, wherein the collection scope data structure specifies a collection scope comprising a set of one or more functions in the device for which to collect state data, and wherein the disruption vector specifies, for each of the one or more functions, a corresponding level of disruption that will be caused by the device dump;
• collect device dump data from the device in accordance with the collection scope data structure and the disruption vector;
• and
• generate the system dump data structure based on the collected device dump data.