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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2008
Andrew Simon Clement, Vancouver, CA;
Andrew John Huff, Amersham, GB;
Gordon Douglas Hutchison, Eastleigh, GB;
Andrew Simon Clement, Vancouver, CA;
Andrew John Huff, Amersham, GB;
Gordon Douglas Hutchison, Eastleigh, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing recovery data for program code. A first version of an object code module is received. A second version of the object code module is received, the second version being a subsequent version to the first version. A unique identifier is inserted in the second version, wherein the unique identifier indicates a location of recovery data. First difference data representing a difference between the second version and the first version is calculated. The first difference data is stored as the recovery data. The first difference data is stored within the second version of the object code module at the location. The unique identifier indicates a location of the recovery data.