Compuware Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation

Kenneth W Cowan

Michael Strickman

Karen Lee Noel

Michael Seward Harvey

Thomas R Benson

Ronald F Brender

Mark E Arsenault

Leonard S Szubowicz

Cheryl D Stocks

Richard E Peterson

Mark W Davis

Gary M Barton

Techniques for gathering and tracking build information are described. Builds are registered initially. When a test execution is performed, a matching build is automatically determined from those previously registered builds as matching the software under test for a particular session. This information is tabulated in a database in accordance with additional software and hardware or platform information describes the environment in which a program executes. The platform information includes software component information and system configuration information uniquely identifying a particular instance of an environment. Data stored in the database is then analyzed and available for performing queries, for example, such as regarding code volatility and determining testing associated with a particular build.

Techniques for software configuration tracking

Techniques for gathering platform information are described. The platform information describes the environment in which a program executes. The platform information includes software component information and system configuration information uniquely identifying a particular instance of an environment. This information is stored collectively in the database over a period of time. This data is then analyzed and available for performing queries for example such as regarding test coverage and may be used to reproduce software faults.

Managing hardware and software configuration information of systems being tested

A method executed in a computer system for detecting and handling an invalid use of a data structure is described. The method includes the steps of providing a data structure associated with a first computing environment. The data structure includes a field having a value stored therein identifying an inaccessible address in a second computing environment. This field is used in detecting an invalid use of the data structure in the second computing environment by a computer program attempting to access memory using said inaccessible address indicated by said value contained in the first field. Additionally a preferred data structure is described as are alternative embodiments of detecting an invalid use of a data structure.

Method and apparatus for handling and detecting an invalid use of a data

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Kenneth W Cowan