LOGICAL GROUPING OF PROFILE DATA

• US 20160077828A1
• Filed: 10/06/2015
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Ergan, Cenk, Fanning, Michael C.
• Application Number:
  US14/876,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20160077828A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3082 the data filtering being achieved by aggregating or compressing the monitored data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/443 Optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management

Abstract

Profile data can be ascribed to groups as a function of an organizational scheme that defines groups and relationships between groups. The groups can be abstractions over profile data that are meaningful for computer program analysis. Subsequently, grouped data can be disseminated, queried, and visualized in numerous ways to further aid program analysis.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

employing at least one processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored in a memory to perform the following acts;

receiving computer-program profile data;

ascribing profile data to logical groups based on an organizational scheme specified external to a profile system and target program, and configured to define the logical groups and relationships between the logical groups, wherein the logical groups are abstractions that correspond to high-level program functionality; and

presenting, on a display, at least a subset of the profile data in the logical groups.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises aggregating profile data of a group.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprises suspending the act of ascribing the profile data to the logical groups during a context switch event.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprises collecting the profile data by way of sampling and instrumentation.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprises ascribing the profile data to the logical groups based on a priority values.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprises returning at least a subset of the profiling data in response to a query.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprises delivering the profile data and the logical groups ascribed thereto to one or more subscribers to the profile data.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprises automatically generating at least a portion of the organizational scheme.

9. A system, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory, the processor configured to execute the following computer-executable components stored in the memory;

a first component configured to ascribe computer program profile data to groups as a function of an organizational scheme specified external to a profile system and target program, and configured to define groups and relationships between groups, the groups are abstractions that correspond to a high-level view of computer program functionality; and

a second component configured to generate a visualization of at least a subset of the profile data in the groups.

10. The system of claim 9, the organizational scheme is encoded within the computer program.

11. The system of claim 9, the organizational scheme is encoded external to the computer program.

12. The system of claim 9 further comprises a third component configured to acquire the profile data with a combination of instrumentation and sampling.

13. The system of claim 9, the organizational scheme specifies a group in terms of a set of one or more stacks.

14. The system of claim 9, the organizational scheme specifies a group in terms of a set of one or more start/stop event pairs.

15. The system of claim 9 further comprises a third component configured to process a query against the profile data.

16. The system of claim 9 further comprises a third component configured to update at least a portion of the organizational scheme automatically.

17. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that enable at least one processor to perform the following acts upon execution:

receiving computer-program profile data;

ascribing profile data to logical groups based on an organizational scheme specified external to a profile system and target program, and configured to define the logical groups and relationships between the logical groups, wherein the logical groups are abstractions that correspond to high-level program functionality; and

presenting, on a display, at least a subset of the profile data in the logical groups.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 further comprises processing queries over grouped profile data.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 further comprises delivering grouped profile data to one or more subscribers.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 further comprises acquiring the computer-program profile data by way of a combination of program sampling and instrumentation.