Using correlated stack traces to determine faults in client/server software

摘要

A method, apparatus and computer program product for using correlated stack traces to determine faults in client/server software is presented. Client/server software is executed. A client call stack is maintained on the client and a server call stack is maintained on the server. When an unexpected occurrence is detected while running the client/server software then the client call stack is collected, as is the server call stack. The client call stack and the server call stack are correlated to produce a correlated call stack and the correlated call stack is provided to a user.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
executing, via at least one processor device, client/server software application code in a distributed system; maintaining a client call stack on a client comprising at least one client stack frame pushed onto the client call stack by operation of methods of client/server software executing on respective client threads; maintaining a server call stack on a server comprising at least one server stack frame pushed onto the server call stack by operation of methods of client/server software executing on respective server threads; detecting an unexpected occurrence in the execution of the client/server software application code executing on the at least one processor device in the distributed system; collecting the client call stack from the client, collecting the server call stack from the server; correlating the client call stack with the server call stack to produce a correlated call stack comprising a first sequence of frames from the client call stack, a second sequence of frames from the server call stack, and a stack frame indicating a partition between the first sequence of frames from the client call stack and the second sequence of frames from the server call stack; providing the correlated call stack to a user; and using the correlated call stack to determine a root cause of the unexpected occurrence detected in the execution of the client/server software application code in the distributed system.