Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Building reusable function summaries for frequently visited methods to optimize data-flow analysis
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Application No.: US14027580Application Date: 2013-09-16
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Publication No.: US09256409B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Marco Pistoia , Omer Tripp
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: G06F9/45
- IPC: G06F9/45 ; G06F11/36 ; G06F21/56 ; G06F21/57

Abstract:
A method includes inspecting function summaries generated during a static analysis of a program and identifying a set of function summaries for a same method that have structural similarities. The method includes replacing the set of structurally similar summaries with a coarse summary. The method further includes using the coarse summary in subsequent static analysis operations. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150067834A1 Building Reusable Function Summaries for Frequently Visited Methods to Optimize Data-Flow Analysis Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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