Patent ID: 8763018
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data processing system comprising: a computing device having a processor and memory, the computing device configured with: wherein the intercept library is configured to, on intercepting a sequence of one or more calls defined in the configuration data structure, perform the corresponding action(s) defined in the configuration data structure, and wherein the action(s) to be performed for a sequence of one or more calls having predefined characteristics include one or more of: forwarding the last call in the sequence of one or more calls to the application programming interface with unmodified or modified parameters; suppressing the last call in the sequence of one or more calls such that it is not delivered to the application programming interface; making one or more additional calls to the application programming interface or another application programming interface; writing entries to a log; pinning a thread executed in consequence of the sequence of one or more calls to a particular processor core of the data processing system; and enabling spinning for a thread arranged to execute at the data processing system.