Thread based dynamic data collection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10740166-B2
Application number	US-201715849397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2017
Priority date	Jan 12, 2012
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

Execution of a program in a plurality of threads is monitored. Responsive to identifying an exception triggered by the program execution in a first of the plurality of threads, a data collector can be dynamically created for the exception. The data collector can be configured to collect data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
monitoring execution of a program in a plurality of threads;
responsive to identifying an exception triggered by the program execution in a first of the plurality of threads, dynamically creating a data collector for the exception, the data collector configured to collect data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread;
prior to a function of a first failure data capture system being initiated, initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread;
collecting, using the data collector, the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread; and
outputting the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises initiating the data collector once for a corresponding initiation of the first failure data capture system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises limiting the initiation of the corresponding first failure data capture system to a single instance of the first failure data capture system for the identified exception.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises initiating the data collector to collect the data for an instance of a method in a call stack nearest the exception in the call stack, wherein the exception is an original exception triggered by the program execution in the first of the plurality of threads.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
registering the data collector with a first failure data capture system as an exception collector in an exception collector list; and
responsive to outputting the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread, de-registering the data collector with the first failure data capture system by removing the data collector from the exception collector list.

6. A system comprising:
a processor configured to initiate executable operations comprising:
monitoring execution of a program in a plurality of threads;
responsive to identifying an exception triggered by the program execution in a first of the plurality of threads, dynamically creating a data collector for the exception, the data collector configured to collect data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread;
prior to a function of a first failure data capture system being initiated, initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread;
collecting, using the data collector, the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread; and
outputting the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises the processor initiating the data collector once for a corresponding initiation of the first failure data capture system.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises the processor limiting the initiation of the corresponding first failure data capture system to a single instance of the first failure data capture system for the identified exception.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises the processor initiating the data collector to collect the data for an instance of a method in a call stack nearest the exception in the call stack, wherein the exception is an original exception triggered by the program execution in the first of the plurality of threads.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to initiate executable operations comprising:
registering the data collector with a first failure data capture system as an exception collector in an exception collector list; and
responsive to outputting the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread, de-registering the data collector with the first failure data capture system by removing the data collector from the exception collector list.

11. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is not a transitory, propagating signal per se, the program code executable by a data processing system to initiate operations including:
monitoring execution of the program in a plurality of threads; and
responsive to identifying an exception triggered by the program execution in a first of the plurality of threads, dynamically creating a data collector for the exception, the data collector configured to collect data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread;
prior to a function of a first failure data capture system being initiated, initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread;
collecting, using the data collector, the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread; and
outputting the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises initiating the data collector once for a corresponding initiation of the first failure data capture system.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises limiting the initiation of the corresponding first failure data capture system to a single instance of the first failure data capture system for the identified exception.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the initiating the data collector to collect the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread comprises initiating the data collector to collect the data for an instance of a method in a call stack nearest the exception in the call stack, wherein the exception is an original exception triggered by the program execution in the first of the plurality of threads.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the program code is executable by the data processing system to initiate operations further comprising:
registering the data collector with a first failure data capture system as an exception collector in an exception collector list; and
responsive to outputting the data exclusively relevant to the program execution in the first thread, de-registering the data collector with the first failure data capture system by removing the data collector from the exception collector list.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Macfarlane Peter R

Classifications

• G06F11/3476 Primary

  Data logging (G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F2201/865

  Monitoring of software · CPC title

• G06F11/3404

  for parallel or distributed programming · CPC title

• G06F11/0787 Primary

  Storage of error reports, e.g. persistent data storage, storage using memory protection · CPC title