Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated bug detection with virtual machine forking
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Application No.: US14841188Application Date: 2015-08-31
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Publication No.: US09959197B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Marcello Golfieri
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
- Current Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Thomas Horstemeyer, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F11/36
- IPC: G06F11/36 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
Techniques for automated bug detection. A set of inputs are collected and a snapshotting feature is used to apply each input to a test application. Outputs from the test application are gathered and compared to determine whether the outputs are associated with bugs. Comparison can be done with one or more of many different techniques that quantify difference between outputs associated with test inputs and outputs associated with a “happy path input.” Outputs can be grouped together based on these quantifications and the groups can be used to identify outputs most likely to be associated with bugs. The output groups may also be used to group associated inputs to the set of inputs to be used for testing in the future. When a bug is identified, a report could be automatically generated that includes a scoring value as well as recorded output information and could be presented to a user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170060732A1 AUTOMATED BUG DETECTION WITH VIRTUAL MACHINE FORKING Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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