摘要 |
A method of identifying a primary source of an error which propagates through a computer system and generates secondary errors, by initializing a plurality of counters that are respectively associated with the computer components (e.g., processing units), incrementing the counters as the computer components operate but suspending a given counter when its associated computer component detects an error, and then determining which of the counters contains a lowest count value. The counters are synchronized based on relative delays in receiving an initialization signal. When an error is reported, diagnostics code logs an error event for the particular computer component associated with the counter containing the lowest count value. |