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Methods, systems, and media for protecting applications from races

US9038048B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

Junfeng Yang · New York, US
Heming Cui · New York, US
Jingyue Wu · Newark, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2011
Grant date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/65
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for protecting applications from races are provided. In some embodiments, methods for protecting applications from races are provided, the methods comprising: adding to at least one cycle of the application an update check to determine when an update to the application is to be made; adding an update engine to the application, wherein the update engine is configured to: receive an update plan that is based on an execution filter that specifies how operations of the application are to be synchronized; and cause synchronization operations to be added to the application based on the update plan that prevent the race from occurring.

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