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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gan Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Le Chang, Beijing, CN;
Ming Lei Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Xing Xing Shen, Beijing, CN;
Shan Gao, Beijing, CN;
Guang Han Sui, Beijing, CN;
Zeng Yu Peng, Beijing, CN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing system, an update for a computer program executing on the computing system. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, a data structure that is affected by the update by checking a structure change information included in the update. The method further includes checking, by the computing system, instance-count of the data structure, the instance-count representing a number of instances of the data structure in a memory of the computing system. The method further includes based on a determination that the instance-count is zero, applying, by the computing system, the update to the computer program.