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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2007
Surupa Biswas, Redmond, WA (US);
Ori Gershony, Redmond, WA (US);
Jan Kotas, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter F. Sollich, Munich, DE;
Surupa Biswas, Redmond, WA (US);
Ori Gershony, Redmond, WA (US);
Jan Kotas, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter F. Sollich, Munich, DE;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that provides targeted patching for native generation images. Changed binaries are updated with information that indicates whether or not they contain safe changes. A servicing process can then be provided for a client machine. For any compatible binaries with changes that have been identified as safe, a native generation update is performed that includes recompilation of the compatible binaries with the safe changes, and an updating of binding information for any dependent binaries. For any non-compatible binaries with changes that have been identified as unsafe, a native generation update is performed that includes recompilation of any non-compatible binaries and any dependent binaries.