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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Zi Hui Duan, Beijing, CN;
Lu Sun, Beijing, CN;
Jing Jing Wei, Beijing, CN;
Dian Guo Zou, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, computer system, and computer program product for determining a candidate patch for computer software is provided. According to a method, fingerprint(s) of patch(es) for a computer software is obtained first, wherein a fingerprint of a patch comprises function(s) being revised in the computer software if the patch is installed into the computer software. Then whether every function in the obtained fingerprint(s) of patch(es) has been called is monitored in response to beginning of execution of the computer software along to code path(s) related to bug(s). And at last candidate patch(es) is determined in response to end of the execution of the computer software along to the code path(s) related to the bug(s), wherein every function in the fingerprint of the candidate patch(es) has been called during the execution of the computer software.