Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Maximizing the information content of system logs
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Application No.: US14314195Application Date: 2014-06-25
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Publication No.: US09665625B2Publication Date: 2017-05-30
- Inventor: Frederick R. Reiss , Saeed Ghanbari , Prithviraj Sen
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Nicholas L. Cadmus
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
In a method for maximizing information content of logs, a log message from an executing software program is received. The log message includes a timestamp, a source code location ID, a session ID, and a log message text. The timestamp, the source code location ID, and the session ID of the log message are stored in a lossless buffer. A hash function value of the session ID is determined. It is determined that the hash function value of the session ID is less than a hash value threshold. The log message text is stored in a session buffer in response to determining that the hash function value of the session ID is less than the hash value threshold, wherein the session buffer contains log message texts of log messages with corresponding hash function values less than the hash value threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150379008A1 MAXIMIZING THE INFORMATION CONTENT OF SYSTEM LOGS Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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