Title :
A visualization-based environment for top-down debugging of parallel programs
Author :
Sharnowski, Joseph L. ; Cheng, Betty H C
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a parallel debugging environment that applies visualizations in a top-down, structured approach for debugging. This environment, referred to as GOLD, uses visualization in the traditional way for examining a program state, but it also extends the use of visualizations in two directions. First, a technique is described for using visualizations to guide the operation of setting a causal distributed breakpoint for a set of processes. Second, a strategy is introduced for coordinating the use of different types of visualization when examining a program state
Keywords :
data visualisation; parallel programming; program debugging; GOLD; causal distributed breakpoint; parallel debugging environment; parallel programs; program state; structured approach; top-down debugging; visualization-based environment; Computer science; Debugging; Gold; Guidelines; Monitoring; Prototypes; Sun; Visualization; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Processing Symposium, 1995. Proceedings., 9th International
Conference_Location :
Santa Barbara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7074-6
DOI :
10.1109/IPPS.1995.395880