Method and system for selecting instrumentation points in a computer program
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Aug 4, 1998
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Jun 30, 1994
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The present invention provides a method in a computer system for selecting instrumentation points in a computer program. Instrumentation points are locations within the computer program at which instrumentation code is inserted. The method includes identifying code portions such as basic blocks in the computer program code, creating a control flow graph out of the code portions, generating a spanning tree for the control flow graph, and then selecting those edges of the control flow graph which are not a part of the spanning tree as instrumentation points. After instrumentation points are selected, instrumentation code may be added at those locations. When the computer program is executed, the added instrumentation code records execution information such as how many times an instrumentation point is accessed during execution of the computer program. Using the recorded execution information and direction specified in the control flow graph, execution information for the non-instrumented blocks may then be calculated.
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