System and method of providing information on computer memory use

• US 8,019,854 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2005
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Zinoviev, Alexander, Evstigneev, Dmitry, Fadeev, Alexey
• Primary Examiner(s): Winder; Patrice L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Golabbakhsh; Ebrahim
• Application Number:
  US11/286,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20070124408A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,118 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/246
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3612 by runtime analysis performance monitoring G06F11/3466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3636 by tracing the execution of the program
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A system and method of providing information about memory use of a remote computer upon a user'"'"'s request. The system includes an operating system core (kernel), an operating system core unit, a coupling unit, and an agency unit connected to an interrogating computer by a communication channel. The agency unit operates to receive the user request, to convert the user request, to transfer the converted user request to the operating system core unit through the coupling unit, to obtain the information about the computer memory use from the operating system core unit through the coupling unit, and to transfer the obtained information to the interrogating computer. The coupling unit operates to establish an access to the operating system core unit and transfer data from the agency unit to the operating system core unit and from the operating system core unit backward to the agency unit.

Claims

1. A system for providing information on memory use of a computer memory, the system comprising:

at least one interrogating computer, which comprises a client unit connected to a display unit;

at least one interrogated computer, which comprises an operating system core comprising a kernel, an operating system core unit, a coupling unit, and an agency unit connected with the at least one interrogating computer via a communication channel;

and the communication channel connecting the at least one interrogating computer and the at least one interrogated computer,

wherein the client unit operates to generate a user request requesting information on memory use of the at least one interrogated computer, to transfer the user request to the agency unit, to receive the information from the agency unit, and to display the received information on the display unit,

the information on the memory use of the at least one interrogated computer comprises information on physical addresses of data units of memory,

the agency unit operates to receive the user request from the client unit, to convert the user request, to transfer the converted user request to the operating system core unit, to obtain the information on the memory use of the at least one interrogated computer from the operating system core unit through the coupling unit, and to transfer the obtained information to the client unit,

the coupling unit is coupled to the operating system core unit embodied in the operating system core and to the agency unit embodied in the interrogated computer to serve as an intermediary data transfer device between the agency unit and the operating system core unit and operates to establish an access to the operating system core unit and transfer data from the agency unit to the operating system core unit and from the operating system core unit back to the agency unit, and

the operating system core unit is positioned within the operation system core, obtains, from the operating system core, the information on the memory use of the at least one interrogated computer, and transfers the obtained information to the agency unit through the coupling unit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication channel connecting the at least one interrogating computer and the at least one interrogated computer is a communication channel of Ethernet with a standard stack of TCP/IP protocols.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the agency unit is permanently in an active mode and converts a data code of the user request from an ASCII format into a binary code.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the request comprises data code in an ASCII format and the agency unit converts the ASCII data request into a binary data request to be understood by the operating system core unit which extracts the requested information from the operating system core based on the binary data request.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the agency unit, embodied in the interrogated computer, is coupled to the coupling unit and the communication channel.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the interrogated computer comprises a remote LINUX target.

4. A method of providing information on usage of a computer memory, the method comprising:

generating a request requesting information on memory use of at least one interrogated computer in a client unit of at least one interrogating computer, wherein the information on the memory use of the at least one interrogated computer comprises information on physical addresses of data units of memory;

transferring the generated request to an agency unit of the interrogated computer;

converting a data code of the request at the agency unit;

transferring the converted data code to an operating system core unit through a coupling unit;

extracting the information on the memory use of the interrogated computer from an operating system core through the operating system core unit;

transferring the extracted information to a client unit of the interrogating computer through the coupling unit and the agency unit; and

displaying the information on a display unit of the interrogating computer,

wherein the coupling unit is coupled to the operating system core unit embodied in the operating system core and to the agency unit embodied in the interrogated computer to serve as an intermediary data transfer device between the agency unit and the operating system core unit.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the data code of the request is converted from an ASCII format into a binary code at the agency unit.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the information on the physical addresses of the data units of the memory is extracted from the operating system core along with additional information stored in the operating system core.

7. A system for providing information on a computer memory use, the system comprising:

an operating system core;

an operating system core unit;

a coupling unit; and

an agency unit connected to an interrogating computer by a communication channel,

wherein the agency unit operates to receive a request requesting the information on the computer memory use from the interrogating computer, converts the request, transfers the converted request to the operating system core unit through the coupling unit, obtains the information on usage of the computer memory from the operating system core unit through the coupling unit, and transfers the obtained information to the interrogating computer,

the information on the computer memory use of the at least one interrogated computer comprises information on physical addresses of data units of memory,

the coupling unit is coupled to the operating system core unit embodied in the operating system core and to the agency unit embodied in the interrogated computer to serve as an intermediary data transfer device between the agency unit and the operating system core unit and operates to establish an access to the operating system core unit and transfer data from the agency unit to the operating system core unit and from the operating system core unit back to the agency unit, and

the operating system core unit is provided within the operation system core, obtains the information on the computer memory use from the operating system core, and transfers the obtained information to the agency unit through the coupling unit.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the communication channel connecting the interrogating computer and the agency unit is a communication channel of Ethernet with a standard stack of TCP/IP protocols.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the agency unit is permanently in an active mode and converts a data code of the user request from an ASCII format into a binary code.

10. A method of providing information on usage of a computer memory, the method comprising:

receiving a request requesting information about memory use of an interrogated computer from an interrogating computer at an agency unit, the information on the memory use of the at least one interrogated computer comprising information on physical addresses of data units of memory;

converting a data code of the request at the agency unit;

transferring the converted data code to an operating system core unit through a coupling unit;

extracting the information about the memory use from an operating system core through the operating system core unit; and

transferring the extracted information to the interrogating computer through the coupling unit and the agency unit,

wherein the coupling unit is coupled to the operating system core unit embodied in the operating system core and to the agency unit embodied in the interrogated computer to serve as an intermediary data transfer device between the agency unit and the operating system core unit.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data code of the user request is converted from an ASCII format into a binary code.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the information on the physical addresses of the data units of the memory is extracted from the operating system core along with additional information stored in the operating system core.