Patent ID: 8799873
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of collecting tracepoint data, the method comprising: maintaining, by a log handler, a list of a plurality of tracepoints and each tracepoint's parameters, the values of the parameters representing information to be stored by the log handler when an application encounters the tracepoint; encountering, by an application, a tracepoint; determining, responsive to the encounter by the log handler, whether the tracepoint is linked by express association to a different tracepoint, the express association specified by a data structure in the log handler; if the tracepoint is linked to a different tracepoint: determining, by the log handler, whether to modify values of the parameters for the different tracepoint; and accessing, by log handler, a ruleset that specifies conditions for which trace point parameter values are to be modified; and if the log hander determines to modify the values of the parameters for the different tracepoints in dependence upon the ruleset, modifying, by the log handler, the values of the different tracepoints and, upon encountering the different tracepoint by the application, collecting tracepoint data for the different tracepoint in accordance with the modified parameter values, thereby dynamically modifying the operation of the data collection when encountering tracepoints.