Method and apparatus for run-time memory access checking and memory leak detection of a multi-threaded program

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PATENT NO 5953530
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08976448

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The present invention is a system and method for a 'debugger Run-Time-Checking for valid memory accesses for multi-threaded application programs' (hereinafter 'RTC/MT') wherein a run-time process which includes multiple threads running either serially or concurrently, may be monitored by a debugger program and memory access errors detected and correctly attributed to the process thread encountering the error. The RTC/MT system of the present invention also provides an apparatus and method which monitors and reports memory leaks as required for multi-threaded target programs.

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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INCCALIFORNIA USA CALIFORNIA

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Masamitsu, Jon A Livermore, CA 8 1462
Rishi, Alok El Granada, CA 5 522

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