International Business Machines Corporation

Yong Ding

Shiwan Zhao

Hui Su

Xiao Ping Guo

ZhePeng Wang

A method/system for avoiding software conflicts, with library being divided into layerto layer M and M&#x2267;1. The method including the following steps: before a program runs, prescanning calling functions of the binary executable code of the program and called functions that belong to libraries of layerand are individually called by the calling functions of the binary executable code of the program, and if M&#x3e;1, further prescanning calling functions that belong to libraries of layerto layer M&#x2212;1 and called functions that belong to libraries of layerto layer M and are individually called by the calling functions that belong to libraries of layerto layer M&#x2212;1, so as to determine whether there exists any individual conflict between the calling functions and the corresponding called functions; if there exists at least one conflict, storing at least one piece of conflict information individually indicating the at least one conflict; and when the program calls a library directly called by the program, abandoning loading of the library if conflict information correspond to the library has been stored, or loading the library otherwise.

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