Diagnostic tool for a portable thread environment
View Patent ↗A diagnostic tool for a portable thread environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a first portable thread environment (PTE), comprising a diagnostic tool; a second PTE configured to receive and send threads; a third PTE configured to receive and send the threads; and a PTE router configured to receive the threads and route said threads, wherein the router copies the threads and routes the copies to the diagnostic tool.
1. A system, comprising:
a first portable thread environment (PTE) comprising a first thread, the first PTE operable to execute the first thread and to communicate a thread control message; and
a router operable to receive the thread control message from the first PTE and to route the received thread control message to both a second PTE comprising a second thread and a third PTE comprising a diagnostic tool, the second PTE operable to initiate execution of the second thread in response to receiving the thread control message.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first PTE is operable to communicate a thread control message after executing the first thread.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the thread control message comprises a destination address identifying the second thread.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the diagnostic tool uses the first and the second thread control messages to generate diagnostic messages.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the diagnostic messages show the threads' execution order.
6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the diagnostic messages show all messages generated by the threads.
7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the diagnostic messages trigger new events to be performed.
8. The system of claim 4 , wherein the diagnostic tool is operable to identify a source of each of the first and the second thread control messages.
9. The system of claim 4 , wherein the diagnostic tool is operable to truncate any message that exceeds a predetermined size.
10. A method, comprising:
intercepting a thread control message being communicated from a first PTE to a second PTE, the second PTE comprising a thread and operable to initiate an execution of the thread in response to receiving the thread control message;
copying the intercepted thread control message;
transmitting a copy of the intercepted thread control message to a diagnostic tool of a third PTE;
generating a diagnostic message by the diagnostic tool based at least in part on the copy of the intercepted thread control message; and
displaying the diagnostic message, wherein the diagnostic message indicates the thread's execution order.
11. The method as in claim 10 , wherein the diagnostic message shows all messages generated by the thread.
12. The method as in claim 10 , wherein the diagnostic message triggers new events to be performed.
13. The method as in claim 10 , wherein the diagnostic tool is operable to identify a source of the thread control message.
14. The method as in claim 10 , wherein the diagnostic tool is operable to truncate any message that exceeds a predetermined size.
15. A system, comprising:
means for intercepting a thread control message passed from a first PTE to a second PTE, the second PTE comprising a thread and operable to initiate an execution of the thread in response to receiving the thread control message;
means for copying the intercepted thread control message;
means for transmitting a copy of the intercepted thread control message to a diagnostic tool of a third PTE;
means for generating a diagnostic message by the diagnostic tool based at least in part on the copy of the intercepted thread control message; and
means for displaying the diagnostic message, wherein the diagnostic message indicates the thread's execution order.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the diagnostic message shows all messages generated by the thread.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the diagnostic message triggers new events to be performed.
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the diagnostic tool is operable to identify a source of the thread control message.
19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the diagnostic tool is operable to truncate any message that exceeds a predetermined size.
20. An apparatus, comprising:
a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, said plurality of instructions when executed by a computer, cause said computer to perform:
intercepting a thread control message passed from a first PTE to a second PTE, the second PTE comprising a thread and operable to initiate an execution of the thread in response to receiving the thread control message;
copying the intercepted thread control message;
transmitting a copy of the intercepted thread control message to a diagnostic tool of a third PTE;
generating a diagnostic message by the diagnostic tool based at least in part on the copy of the intercepted thread control message; and
displaying the diagnostic message, wherein the diagnostic message indicates the thread's execution order.
21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the diagnostic message shows all messages generated by the thread.
22. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the diagnostic message triggers new events to be performed.
23. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the diagnostic tool is operable to identify a source of the thread control message.
24. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the diagnostic tool is operable to truncate any message that exceeds a predetermined size.