Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Generating and applying patches to computer program code concurrently with its execution
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Application No.: US15828006Application Date: 2017-11-30
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Publication No.: US10282195B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Angel Nunez Mencias , Albert Schirmer , Christine Axnix , Stefan Usenbinz
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: The Steadman Law Firm PLLC
- Priority: EP08150537 20080123
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F8/656 ; G06F9/445 ; G06F9/50

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for concurrently loading a plurality of new modules while code of a plurality of modules of an original computer program is loaded and executed on a computer system. An associated method may include allocating a module thread local storage (TLS) block for each thread within an initial computer program, wherein the allocated module TLS blocks are large enough to hold all module thread variables that are loaded or to be loaded. The method further may include reserving spare areas between the module TLS blocks for adding new module thread variables and arranging at an end of the module TLS blocks a thread data template section for resetting threads or creating new threads. The method may result in addition of modules to the original computer program and/or application of a concurrent patch through replacement of one or more of the plurality of original computer program modules.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180088934A1 GENERATING AND APPLYING PATCHES TO COMPUTER PROGRAM CODE CONCURRENTLY WITH ITS EXECUTION Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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