Hierarchical Crash Dump Windows for Contextual Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional debug tools do not allow users to define relationships between disparate areas of crash dump data, limiting their ability to view related data in context and diagnose issues effectively.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that generates multiple windows for displaying crash dump data, with a base window and hierarchically linked target windows, allowing users to define relationships between memory addresses and control the display of crash dump data using user-provided relationship expressions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional debug tools display crash dump data in a single view, then the interface remains simple, but the user cannot view related data in context across disparate memory areas
Solution Approach 1:
The crash dump data is divided into multiple separate windows, each displaying a specific memory area or data view. Users can create and manage multiple windows to simultaneously view different portions of the crash dump data, allowing contextual analysis of related data across disparate memory areas while keeping each individual window relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
Windows are hierarchically linked through parent-child relationships where child windows are associated with specific memory addresses or ranges in parent windows. This nesting allows users to drill down into specific memory areas while maintaining context of the overall crash dump structure, enabling contextual viewing without overwhelming interface complexity.
2Loss of information
If multiple windows are created to display different crash dump data views, then users can view related data simultaneously, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically updates child windows when parent window views change. When a user navigates or filters data in a parent window, the corresponding child windows receive automatic updates to maintain data consistency and contextual relationships, reducing manual management overhead while preserving comprehensive context information.
Solution Approach 2:
Windows are pre-configured with hierarchical relationships and data associations before use. The system establishes parent-child links and memory address mappings in advance, so that when users create multiple windows, the contextual relationships are already defined, reducing the complexity of real-time window management while ensuring context information is preserved.
3Measurement precision
If hierarchical relationships are defined between windows using relationship expressions, then contextual analysis is enabled, but the learning curve increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates relationship expressions based on selected memory areas and window configurations. When users define hierarchical relationships between windows, the system computes and applies the appropriate relationship expressions automatically, reducing manual complexity while maintaining precise data relationship definitions for accurate contextual analysis.
Data Source
AI summary
A debug tool generates a plurality of crash dump windows configured to display a view of crash dump data. The tool hierarchically links the memory addresses of the data in different windows such that changes made to the view of the crash dump data in a parent will affect the view of the crash dump data in a child window. The relationship that links the windows is a relationship expression provided by a user. The relationship between the windows can be altered to reflect a new user-defined relationship.