Method and apparatus for debugging a device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11740997-B2
Application number	US-202117484938-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2021
Priority date	Dec 20, 2019
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for debugging a device. A particular embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring target running state information of a target device; constructing a running configuration template and a log collection template according to the target running state information; sending the running configuration template and the log collection template to an edge computing device, and receiving target log information sent by the edge computing device, so as to determine actual running state information; when the actual running state information is different from the target running state information, computing state difference information; and finally, modifying the running configuration template by means of the state difference information value information in order to obtain an updated running configuration template, and sending the updated running configuration template to the edge computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for debugging a device, comprising:
acquiring target running status information of a target device, wherein the target running status information of the target device is used to represent a target running status of the target device when running normally;
constructing a running configuration template and a log collection template according to the target running status information of the target device, wherein the running configuration template is used to specify at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device when running in the target running status, wherein the log collection template is used to instruct an edge computing device to collect at least one piece of target log information of the target device when running according to the running configuration information, and wherein the edge computing device is electrically connected with the target device;
sending the running configuration template and the log collection template to the edge computing device, and receiving target log information sent by the edge computing device;
determining actual running status information of the target device through the target log information;
determining, in response to the actual running status information of the target device being different from the target running status information of the target device, status difference value information between the actual running status information of the target device and the target running status information of the target device; and
modifying the running configuration template through the status difference value information to obtain an updated running configuration template, and sending the updated running configuration template to the edge computing device, to cause the edge computing device to debug the target device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring target running status information of a target device comprises:
acquiring peak value information of the target device, wherein the peak value information of the target device comprises at least one of: a processor frequency peak value, a memory usage peak value, a network bandwidth peak value, or a failure-free time peak value; and
determining the target running status information of the target device corresponding to the peak value information of the target device according to a set condition, wherein the set condition comprises at least one of a set threshold value or a target task, wherein the set threshold value is used to represent a proportional relationship between the peak value information of the target device and the target running status information of the target device, and wherein the target running status information of the target device comprises at least one piece of sub-target running status information of the target device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the constructing a running configuration template and a log collection template according to the target running status information of the target device comprises:
acquiring device information of the target device, wherein the device information of the target device comprises at least one of hardware information or software information;
matching the device information of the target device with the target running status information of the target device, to determine the at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device; and
encapsulating the at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device into the running configuration template.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the constructing a running configuration template and a log collection template according to the target running status information of the target device comprises:
determining, for running configuration information in the at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device, log information corresponding to the running configuration information; and
encapsulating at least one piece of log information corresponding to the at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device into the log collection template.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target log information comprises at least one piece of log information, and wherein the determining actual running status information of the target device through the target log information comprises:
querying, for log information in the at least one piece of log information in the target log information, sub-running status information of the target device corresponding to the log information; and
combining at least one piece of sub-running status information of the target device corresponding to the at least one piece of log information to constitute the actual running status information of the target device.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the method according to claim 1 .

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein the acquiring target running status information of a target device comprises:
acquiring peak value information of the target device, wherein the peak value information of the target device comprises at least one of: a processor frequency peak value, a memory usage peak value, a network bandwidth peak value, or a failure-free time peak value; and
determining the target running status information of the target device corresponding to the peak value information of the target device according to a set condition, wherein the set condition comprises at least one of a set threshold value or a target task, wherein the set threshold value is used to represent a proportional relationship between the peak value information of the target device and the target running status information of the target device, and wherein the target running status information of the target device comprises at least one piece of sub-target running status information of the target device.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 7 , wherein the constructing a running configuration template and a log collection template according to the target running status information of the target device comprises:
acquiring device information of the target device, wherein the device information of the target device comprises at least one of hardware information or software information;
matching the device information of the target device with the target running status information of the target device, to determine the at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device; and
encapsulating the at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device into the running configuration template.

9. A method for debugging a device, comprising:
receiving a running configuration template and a log collection template sent by a cloud, wherein the running configuration template is used to specify at least one piece of running configuration information of a target device when running in a target running status, and wherein the log collection template is used to instruct an edge computing device to collect at least one piece of target log information of the target device when running according to the at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device;
generating a first control instruction according to the at least one piece of running configuration information of the target device in the running configuration template, and sending the first control instruction to the target device;
sending, in response to detecting the at least one piece of

Assignees

• Beijing Baidu Netcom Sci & Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Sheng
• Lu Danfeng
• Zhao Xin

Classifications

• G06F11/3656 Primary

  using a specific debug interface · CPC title

• G06F11/3006

  where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems (multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50) · CPC title

• G06F11/3051

  Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs (verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247) · CPC title

• G06F11/3075

  the data filtering being achieved in order to maintain consistency among the monitored data, e.g. ensuring that the monitored data belong to the same timeframe, to the same system or component · CPC title

• G06F11/328

  Computer systems status display (G06F11/327 takes precedence) · CPC title