Reversible debugging using program instrumentation.

Reversible debugging using program instrumentation.

Reversible execution has not been fully exploited in symbolic debuggers. Debuggers that can undo instructions usually incur a significant performance penalty during a debugging session. We describe an efficient reversible debugging mechanism based on program instrumentation. The approach enables rep...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Transactions on software engineering 27, 8 (2001).
Main Author: Shyh-Kwei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Debugging session.
Execution penalty.
Moderate code growth.
Performance penalty.
Program instrumentation.
Recording modes.
Repetitive debugging sessions.
Reversible debugging.
Reversible execution.
Selectable reversible routines.
Symbolic debuggers.