DATA DUMP FOR A MEMORY IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

As the file system of an operating system program might be damaged by a crash, the file system is usually used neither for the selection of data to be dumped from a memory nor for the analysis of the dumped data, and all data contained in one or several areas of the memory are dumped. In order to preserve the integrity of the file system and enable its use after the crash, the memory is divided into a primary and a secondary memory section during a memory setup, file system data are transferred from the primary memory section to the secondary memory section widely out of the control of the operating system program, and a read access of a dump program is directed to the secondary memory section in order to select file system data to be dumped after the crash using error data.

主权项

1. A data dump method for a memory in a data processing system, said data dump method comprising:
dividing said memory into a primary memory section and a secondary memory section during a memory setup, wherein said primary memory section comprises a first area and a second area, wherein the first area of said primary memory section contains code of an operating system program before a crash of said operating system program, wherein said operating system program is operable before said crash, and wherein the second area of said primary memory section contains code of an emergency operating system program and code of a dump program before said crash, wherein said code of said dump program and said code of said emergency operating system program in said second area are transferred to said first area after said crash, and wherein said dump program and said emergency operating system program are operable after said crash, and wherein said secondary memory section is widely out of the control of said operating system program; transferring first file system data from said primary memory section to said secondary memory section before said crash; and directing a read access of said dump program to said secondary memory section after said crash in order to select second file system data to be dumped, wherein said dump program uses error data for said selection.