Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Generating and applying patches to computer program code concurrently with its execution
- Patent Title (中): 在计算机程序代码执行时同时生成和应用补丁
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Application No.: US14456336Application Date: 2014-08-11
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Publication No.: US09436457B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- 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 ; G06F9/445 ; G06F9/50

Abstract:
A method and data processing system are disclosed for concurrently loading a plurality of new modules while code of a plurality of modules of an original (i.e., currently running) computer program is loaded and executed on a computer system. The 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 providing constant offsets between module TLS block pointers corresponding to the module TLS blocks and the module thread variables for all of the threads. The disclosed method may be used to add modules to the original computer program and/or to apply a concurrent patch by replacing one or more of the plurality of original computer program modules.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140351804A1 GENERATING AND APPLYING PATCHES TO COMPUTER PROGRAM CODE CONCURRENTLY WITH ITS EXECUTION Public/Granted day:2014-11-27
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