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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Martin A. Ross, Gosport, GB;
Sam Rogers, Eastleigh, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/658 (2018.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/658 (2018.02); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/008 (2013.01); G06F 16/122 (2019.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01);
Abstract
Managing an update of software modules of a layered filesystem installed for running a software application on a data processor. The management of an updated module includes: (i) contributing a back layer from a software module that likely has less stability than the updated module; and/or (ii) rebuilding a layer using a software module that likely has more stability than the updated layer.