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History-based call stack construction

  • US 20080209406A1
  • Filed: 02/27/2007
  • Published: 08/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a computing environment, a method of constructing a call stack for a software program, the call stack having allocated memory or registers in the computing environment, comprising:

  • obtaining a comprehensive recording of an execution history of the program;

    determining which procedure calls have no corresponding returns, the returns having a corresponding return address in either the allocated memory or registers; and

    for display to a user in the computing environment, constructing a list of the determined procedure calls having no corresponding returns without reading the return address in the allocated memory or registers.

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