Claims
- 1. A method for detecting threading defects in a multithreaded program, the method comprising:generating an annotated memory address trace from the multithreaded program, wherein said generating comprises inserting an opcode within said multithreaded program, which when executed causes a procedure to analyze said annotated memory address trace, said opcode depending upon a type of said node; analyzing the annotated address trace to detect defects; and displaying results of analysis using a graphical user interface.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein analyzing the annotated address trace comprises detecting race conditions and providing an indication when a race defect occurs.
- 3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the steps of:identifying locks among multiple threads of the multithreaded program; detecting when two or more threads of the multithreaded program access the same lock; determining a partial ordering of the two or more threads; and when a subsequent access of the same lock occurs, determining if a previous access and current access are totally ordered; if the accesses are not totally ordered, providing the indication that a race defect has occurred.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein analyzing the annotated address trace comprises detecting a deadlock and providing an indication when a deadlock defect occurs.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein detecting a deadlock comprises detecting at least one of a stall condition, a monitor lock cycle condition and a deadlock condition.
- 6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the steps of:monitoring a time period during which a thread waits for a lock; and when the time period exceeds a predetermined threshold, determining that a stall condition has occurred.
- 7. The method of claim 5 further comprising the steps of:forming a lock acquisition graph in response to a thread acquiring a lock; and if the lock acquisition graph becomes cyclic, determining that a monitor lock cycle condition has occurred.
- 8. The method of claim 5 further comprising the steps of:forming a deadlock cycle graph in response to a thread acquiring a lock; and if the deadlock cycle graph becomes cyclic, determining that deadlock condition has occurred.
- 9. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, which if executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:generating an annotated memory address trace, wherein said generating comprises inserting an opcode into a node within said multithreaded program, which when executed causes a procedure to analyze said annotated memory address trace, said opcode depending upon a type of said node; analyzing the annotated memory address trace to detect defects in the annotated memory address trace; and interactively operating a graphical user interface for displaying and resolving the defects in the annotated memory address trace.
- 10. The machine readable medium of claim 9 wherein analyzing the annotated address trace comprises detecting race conditions and providing an indication when a race defect occurs.
- 11. The machine readable medium of claim 10 further comprising the steps of:identifying locks among multiple threads of the multithreaded program; detecting when two or more threads of the multithreaded program access the same lock; determining a partial ordering of the two or more threads; and when a subsequent access of the same lock occurs, determining if a previous access and current access are totally ordered; if the accesses are not totally ordered, providing the indication that a race defect has occurred.
- 12. The machine readable medium of claim 10 wherein analyzing the annotated address trace comprises detecting a deadlock and providing an indication when a deadlock defect occurs.
- 13. The machine readable medium of claim 12 wherein detecting a deadlock comprises detecting at least one of a stall condition, a monitor lock cycle condition and a deadlock condition.
- 14. The machine readable medium of claim 13 further comprising the steps of:monitoring a time period during which a thread waits for a lock; and when the time period exceeds a predetermined threshold, determining that a stall condition has occurred.
- 15. The machine readable medium of claim 13 further comprising the steps of:forming a lock acquisition graph in response to a thread acquiring a lock; and if the lock acquisition graph becomes cyclic, determining that a monitor lock cycle condition has occurred.
- 16. The machine readable medium of claim 13 further comprising the steps of:forming a deadlock cycle graph in response to a thread acquiring a lock; and if the deadlock cycle graph becomes cyclic, determining that deadlock condition has occurred.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/220,735, filed Dec. 23, 1998, entitled Method for Finding Errors in Multithreaded Applications.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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