Progressive validation check disabling based upon validation results

• US 8,954,810 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: McDuff, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): Leibovich, Yair
• Application Number:
  US13/683,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20140143603A1
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 714/47.1, 714/38.1
• US Class Current: 714/47.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/36 Preventing errors by testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3612 by runtime analysis performance monitoring G06F11/3466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/81 Threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/88 Monitoring involving counting

Abstract

Execution statistics are gathered that represent results of execution of a validation check that evaluates code performance within an executing application. A determination is made as to whether the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match configured criteria to disable the validation check. The validation check is programmatically disabled in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

gathering, via a processor, execution statistics that represent results of execution of a validation check that evaluates code performance within an executing application;

determining whether the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match configured criteria to disable the validation check;

disabling the validation check programmatically in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check;

receiving an instruction to reactivate the disabled validation check; and

programmatically reactivating the disabled validation check in response to the instruction.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, where gathering, via the processor, the execution statistics that represent the results of the execution of the validation check that evaluates the code performance within the executing application comprises:

monitoring the execution of the validation check over multiple execution cycles of the validation check;

accumulating the results of the execution of the validation check over the multiple execution cycles of the validation check; and

forming the execution statistics based upon the accumulated results of the execution of validation check over the multiple execution cycles of the validation check.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, where:

the validation check comprises a total validation execution count parameter and a failed validation execution count parameter; and

gathering, via the processor, the execution statistics that represent the results of the execution of the validation check that evaluates the code performance within the executing application comprises;

incrementing the total validation execution count parameter in response to each execution of the validation check; and

incrementing the failed validation execution count parameter in response to each execution of the validation check that detected a problem with the execution of the executing application.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, where:

the validation check comprises a configurable disable percentage threshold parameter and a configurable disable minimal count parameter; and

determining whether the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check comprises;

determining whether the failed validation execution count parameter divided by the total validation execution count parameter is less than a configured value of the configurable disable percentage threshold parameter; and

determining whether the total validation execution count parameter at least equals a configured value of the configurable disable minimal count parameter.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, where disabling the validation check programmatically in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check comprises:

disabling the validation check programmatically in response to determining that both;

the failed validation execution count parameter divided by the total validation execution count parameter is less than the configured value of the configurable disable percentage threshold parameter; and

the total validation execution count parameter at least equals the configured value of the configurable disable minimal count parameter.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, where the validation check itself performs the gathering of the execution statistics, the determining of whether the execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check, and the programmatic disabling of the validation check in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check.

7. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor programmed to;

gather execution statistics within the memory that represent results of execution of a validation check that evaluates code performance within an executing application;

determine whether the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match configured criteria to disable the validation check;

disable the validation check programmatically in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check;

receive an instruction to reactivate the disabled validation check; and

programmatically reactivate the disabled validation check in response to the instruction.

8. The system of claim 7, where in being programmed to gather the execution statistics within the memory that represent the results of the execution of the validation check that evaluates the code performance within the executing application, the processor is programmed to:

monitor the execution of the validation check over multiple execution cycles of the validation check;

accumulate the results of the execution of the validation check over the multiple execution cycles of the validation check; and

form the execution statistics based upon the accumulated results of the execution of validation check over the multiple execution cycles of the validation check.

9. The system of claim 7, where:

the validation check comprises a total validation execution count parameter and a failed validation execution count parameter; and

in being programmed to gather the execution statistics within the memory that represent the results of the execution of the validation check that evaluates the code performance within the executing application, the processor is programmed to;

increment the total validation execution count parameter in response to each execution of the validation check; and

increment the failed validation execution count parameter in response to each execution of the validation check that detected a problem with the execution of the executing application.

10. The system of claim 9, where:

the validation check comprises a configurable disable percentage threshold parameter and a configurable disable minimal count parameter;

in being programmed to determine whether the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check, the processor is programmed to;

determine whether the failed validation execution count parameter divided by the total validation execution count parameter is less than a configured value of the configurable disable percentage threshold parameter; and

determine whether the total validation execution count parameter at least equals a configured value of the configurable disable minimal count parameter; and

in being programmed to disable the validation check programmatically in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check, the processor is programmed to;

disable the validation check programmatically in response to determining that both;

the failed validation execution count parameter divided by the total validation execution count parameter is less than the configured value of the configurable disable percentage threshold parameter; and

the total validation execution count parameter at least equals the configured value of the configurable disable minimal count parameter.

11. The system of claim 7, where the processor is programmed to execute the validation check and the validation check itself performs the gathering of the execution statistics, the determining of whether the execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check, and the programmatic disabling of the validation check in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check.

12. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to;

gather execution statistics that represent results of execution of a validation check that evaluates code performance within an executing application;

determine whether the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match configured criteria to disable the validation check;

disable the validation check programmatically in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check;

receive an instruction to reactivate the disabled validation check; and

programmatically reactivate the disabled validation check in response to the instruction.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, where in causing the computer to gather the execution statistics that represent the results of the execution of the validation check that evaluates the code performance within the executing application, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

monitor the execution of the validation check over multiple execution cycles of the validation check;

accumulate the results of the execution of the validation check over the multiple execution cycles of the validation check; and

form the execution statistics based upon the accumulated results of the execution of validation check over the multiple execution cycles of the validation check.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, where:

the validation check comprises a total validation execution count parameter and a failed validation execution count parameter; and

in causing the computer to gather the execution statistics that represent the results of the execution of the validation check that evaluates the code performance within the executing application, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to;

increment the total validation execution count parameter in response to each execution of the validation check; and

increment the failed validation execution count parameter in response to each execution of the validation check that detected a problem with the execution of the executing application.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, where:

the validation check comprises a configurable disable percentage threshold parameter and a configurable disable minimal count parameter; and

in causing the computer to determine whether the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to;

determine whether the failed validation execution count parameter divided by the total validation execution count parameter is less than a configured value of the configurable disable percentage threshold parameter; and

determine whether the total validation execution count parameter at least equals a configured value of the configurable disable minimal count parameter.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, where in causing the computer to disable the validation check programmatically in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

disable the validation check programmatically in response to determining that both;

the failed validation execution count parameter divided by the total validation execution count parameter is less than the configured value of the configurable disable percentage threshold parameter; and

the total validation execution count parameter at least equals the configured value of the configurable disable minimal count parameter.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, where the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to execute the validation check and the validation check itself performs the gathering of the execution statistics, the determining of whether the execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check, and the programmatic disabling of the validation check in response to determining that the gathered execution statistics for the execution of the validation check match the configured criteria to disable the validation check.