Invention Application
- Patent Title: DISTRIBUTED HARDWARE TRACING
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Application No.: US17240838Application Date: 2021-04-26
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Publication No.: US20210248052A1Publication Date: 2021-08-12
- Inventor: Thomas Norrie , Naveen Kumar
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Main IPC: G06F11/30
- IPC: G06F11/30 ; G06F16/48 ; G06F11/34 ; G06F9/54 ; G06F11/36

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method includes monitoring execution of program code executed by a first processor component; and monitoring execution of program code executed by a second processor component. A computing system stores data identifying hardware events in a memory buffer. The stored events occur across processor units that include at least the first and second processor components. The hardware events each include an event time stamp and metadata characterizing the event. The system generates a data structure identifying the hardware events. The data structure arranges the events in a time ordered sequence and associates events with at least the first or second processor components. The system stores the data structure in a memory bank of a host device and uses the data structure to analyze performance of the program code executed by the first or second processor components.
Public/Granted literature
- US11650895B2 Distributed hardware tracing Public/Granted day:2023-05-16
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