Method and system for exception detecting and alerting

• US 8,924,790 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2010
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Huang, Qinping, Maheshwari, Manish
• Primary Examiner(s): GUYTON, PHILIP A
• Application Number:
  US12/871,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20110055640A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,583 Days
• Field of Search: 714/38.1, 714/38.13, 717/124
• US Class Current: 714/38.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/076 by exceeding a count or rate limit, e.g. word- or bit count limit
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0772 Means for error signaling, e.g. using interrupts, exception flags, dedicated error registers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0787 Storage of error reports, e.g. persistent data storage, storage using memory protection

Abstract

Methods and system for exception detecting and alerting are described. An exception indicating an occurrence of an error in an application and a path to the exception in an application space may be received. The received exception may be compared to a stored exception in a prior version of an exception data structure to determine whether the received exception is a new exception. The exception data structure may include a plurality of stored exceptions. The results of the comparison may be provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an exception indicating an occurrence of an error in an application and a path to the exception in an application space;

performing, by a processor of a machine, a comparison of the received exception to a first set of stored exceptions in a prior version of an exception data structure;

performing a comparison of the received exception to a second set of stored exceptions in an older version of the exception data structure, the older version being older than the prior version;

storing the received exception in a current version of the exception data structure;

associating a classification with the received exception based on the comparisons, the classification indicating the results of the comparisons, the classification including an indication to provide an alert;

determining that an alert modification instruction of a reset type for the alert has been received; and

based on the classification and the reset type, providing the alert.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the received exception; and

accessing the path to the received exception.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning a global identifier to the received exception.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a link to a stack trace of the application at a position where the received exception occurred.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting a new exception flag in association with the received exception based on the comparing, of the received exception to the first set of stored exceptions in the prior version of the exception data structure and based on the comparison of the received exception to the second set of stored exceptions in the older version of the exception data structure.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating a priority with the received exception, the priority to define a target time period for resolving the error in the application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a total count of an occurrence of a parameter in the application for a current time period and wherein the providing of the alert is based on a predefined threshold for the total count being met.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the application includes a revision;

the reset type is a disable for a revision reset; and

the providing of the alert for the exception is based on the revision of the application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the application includes a revision;

the reset type is an always disable except skip revision reset; and

the providing of the alert for the exception is based on the revision of the application.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the classification is a skip version classification.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the application includes an edition;

the reset type is a disable for an edition reset; and

the providing of the alert for the exception is based on the edition of the application.

12. A system comprising:

a memory configured to;

store a first set of stored exceptions in a prior version of an exception data structure; and

store a second set of stored exceptions in an older version of the exception data structure; and

one or more processors configured to;

access the memory;

receive an exception indicating an occurrence of an error in an application and a path to the exception in an application space;

perform a comparison of the received exception to the first set of stored exceptions;

perform a comparison of the received exception to the second set of stored exceptions;

store the received exception in a current version of the exception data structure;

associate a classification with the received exception based on the comparisons, the classification indicating the results of the comparisons, the classification including an indication to provide an alert;

determine that an alert modification instruction of a reset type for the received exception has been received; and

based on the classification and the reset type, provide an alert for the exception.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect the received exception; and

access the path to the received exception.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to assign a global identifier to the received exception.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to store a link to a stack trace of the application at a position where the received exception occurred.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to set a new exception flag in association with the received exception based on the comparison of the received exception to the first set of stored exceptions in the prior version of the exception data structure and based on the comparison of the received exception to the second set of stored exceptions in the older version of the exception data structure.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is farther configured to associate a priority with the received exception, the priority to define a target time period for resolving the error in the application.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a total count of an occurrence of a parameter in the application for a current time period and wherein the providing of the alert is based on a predefined threshold for the total count being met.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by a processor of a machine to cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving an exception indicating an occurrence of an error in an application and a path to the exception in an application space;

performing a comparison of the received exception to a first set of stored exceptions in a prior version of an exception data structure;

performing a comparison of the received exception to a second set of stored exceptions in an older version of the exception data structure, the older version being older than the prior version;

storing the received exception in a current version of the exception data structure;

associating a classification with the received exception based on the comparisons, the classification indicating the results of the comparisons, the classification including an indication to provide an alert;

determining that an alert modification instruction of a reset type for the received exception has been received; and

based on the classification and the reset type, providing an alert for the exception.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the classification is a skip version classification.