WO2016054886A1

WO2016054886A1 - Software upgrade method and apparatus, electronic device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2016054886A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/072807
Authority: WO
Inventors: 肖锋钢; 徐融; 乔文军
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-10-09
Filing date: 2015-02-11
Publication date: 2016-04-14
Also published as: CN105573766A

Abstract

A software upgrade method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving a patch adding request (101); simultaneously adding a first patch and a second patch that are specified in the patch adding request (102), the first patch being used for hot patch upgrade and the second patch being used for cold patch upgrade; and controlling a client to apply the first patch immediately, and controlling the client to apply the second patch when an electronic device is restarted (103).

Description

Software upgrade method, device and electronic device, storage medium

Technical field

The present invention relates to computer technology, and in particular, to a software upgrade method, apparatus, and electronic device and storage medium.

Background technique

At present, in the method of software upgrade for electronic devices (such as communication devices), there are two methods of hot patch upgrade and cold patch upgrade. A hot patch upgrade is a code segment replacement. A cold patch upgrade refers to the replacement of an executable body (that is, a process) itself. The patch is a program that solves the problem developed by the problem exposed during the use of the software.

The hot patch upgrade can implement partial software modification in a timely manner without interrupting the operation of the business, reducing the number of software upgrades. However, the hot patch upgrade has the following limitations and disadvantages: First, the macro value, the original structure and the variables, and the number of parameters of the function cannot be modified. Second, the hot patches have complex dependencies on each other, and subsequent maintenance and management. It is more difficult and may even cause hot patches to be unavailable.

Cold patch upgrades are a thorough and pure fix, and there are no restrictions on the above hot patch upgrades. However, because the repair of the critical process requires the re-allocation of some of the underlying resources, the device needs to be reset after the cold patch upgrade, which has a long service interruption time and affects the normal operation of the service.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the existing technical problems, embodiments of the present invention are expected to provide a software upgrade method, apparatus, and electronic device and storage medium.

A software upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a server end of an electronic device, The electronic device is installed with software, and the method includes:

Receive a patch add request;

The first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request are added at the same time, the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for cold patch upgrade;

Controlling the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and controlling the client to apply the second patch when the electronic device is restarted.

The software upgrade method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied to an electronic device installed with software, where the electronic device includes a server and a client, and the method includes:

The server receives a patch addition request;

And the server adds the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request to the electronic device, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for cold patch upgrade. Notifying the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and notifying the client to apply the second patch when the electronic device is restarted;

The client applies the first patch or the second patch according to the notification of the server.

A software upgrade device is provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The device is installed in an electronic device, where the electronic device is installed with software, and the device includes:

The patch adding unit is configured to receive a patch adding request, and the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request are simultaneously added, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for cold Patch upgrade;

The notification unit is configured to notify the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and notify the client to apply the second patch when the electronic device is restarted.

An electronic device is provided by the embodiment of the present invention, where the electronic device is installed with software, and the electronic device includes: a server and a client, where

The server is configured to receive a patch addition request, and add the patch addition request The first patch and the second patch are added simultaneously, the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, the second patch is used for cold patch upgrade, and configured to notify the client to perform the first patch. Instant application, and when the electronic device is restarted, notifying the client to apply the second patch;

The client is configured to apply the first patch or the second patch according to the notification of the server.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer storage medium, wherein a computer program is stored, which is used to execute the software upgrade method applied to the server of the electronic device.

It can be seen from the above that the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention adds a cold patch while adding a hot patch. Hot patches are applied immediately, but cold patches are not applied immediately, but are applied when a reset is performed on the electronic device due to system maintenance. In this way, you can use the hot patch to fix the problem. When the device is restarted at the appropriate time, use the cold patch to avoid restarting the device due to the cold upgrade and ensure the normal operation. And you can delete the hot patches that are no longer needed, so as to avoid the adverse effects caused by too many hot patches.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of a software upgrade method according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a second embodiment of a software upgrade method according to the present invention;

3 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of another software upgrade method according to the present invention;

4 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a second embodiment of another software upgrade method according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a software upgrading apparatus according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of an application scenario of a software upgrade method according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a patch addition according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a patch application according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a patch deletion according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a patch information query according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a schematic flowchart of a patch application status query according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The first embodiment of the software upgrade method provided by the present invention is applied to a server of an electronic device, and the electronic device is installed with software. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes:

Step 101: Receive a patch addition request.

Step 102: The first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request are added at the same time, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for cold patch upgrade.

It should be noted that the first patch may be one or more, and the second patch is capable of repairing a problem that is addressed by multiple first patches that have been added or applied.

It can be understood that the first patch and the second patch may be set in one upgrade package, or may be set in two independent upgrade packages.

Specifically, the first patch and the second patch respectively include program information and configuration information, where the configuration information may include information of the patch itself and information of the patch repair object, where the information of the patch itself may include a patch. Information such as size, name, status (if applied), version number, file name, and so on.

Adding the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request at the same time, including:

The configuration information of the first patch and the second patch is stored in a volatile memory, and the first patch and the second patch are stored in a non-volatile memory.

Here, the volatile memory may be a memory, and the non-volatile memory may be a hard disk.

Step 103: The control client applies the first patch to the instant application, and when the electronic device restarts, controls the client to apply the second patch.

The second embodiment of the software upgrade method provided by the present invention is applied to a server of an electronic device, and the electronic device is installed with software. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes:

Step 201: Receive a patch addition request.

Step 202: Add the first patch and the second patch that are specified by the patch adding request, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for cold patch upgrade.

Step 203: The control client applies the first patch to the instant application, and when the electronic device restarts, controls the client to apply the second patch.

Step 204: Receive a patch deletion request.

Step 205: Delete the first patch specified by the patch deletion request.

Specifically, the deleting the first patch specified by the patch deletion request may include:

Deleting configuration information of the first patch from the volatile memory from the non-volatile memory The first patch is deleted.

In an embodiment, the method may further include:

Receiving a patch status query request;

Sending the patch status query request to the client;

Receiving and outputting the patch status information fed back by the client, where the patch status information is obtained by the client according to the received patch status query request by using a query.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

The server receives a patch information query request;

The server obtains and outputs the configuration information specified by the patch information query request from the volatile memory according to the patch information query request.

Here, it should be noted that, in practical applications, the method further includes:

After the first patch or the second patch is applied, the configuration information corresponding to the first patch or the second patch is modified.

The first embodiment of the software upgrade method provided by the present invention is applied to an electronic device installed with software. The electronic device includes a server and a client. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes:

Step 301: The server receives a patch addition request.

Step 302: The server adds the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request to the electronic device, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for Cold patch upgrade;

Specifically, the first patch and the second patch respectively include program information and configuration information, where The configuration information may include information of the patch itself and information of the patch repair object, where the information of the patch itself may include information such as a size, a name, a status (such as whether it has been applied), a version number, a file name, and the like. .

Step 303: The client is notified to apply the first patch to the instant application, and when the electronic device is restarted, notify the client to apply the second patch.

Step 304: The client applies the first patch or the second patch according to the notification of the server.

The second embodiment of the software upgrade method provided by the present invention is applied to an electronic device installed with software. The electronic device includes a server and a client. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes:

Step 401: The server receives a patch addition request.

Step 402: The server adds the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request to the electronic device, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for Cold patch upgrade;

Step 403: The client is notified to apply the first patch to the instant application, and when the electronic device is restarted, notify the client to apply the second patch.

Step 404: The client applies the first patch or the second patch according to the notification of the server.

Step 405: The server receives a patch deletion request.

Step 406: The server deletes the first patch specified by the patch deletion request.

In an embodiment, the method may further include:

The server receives a patch status query request;

The server sends the patch status query request to the client;

The client obtains patch status information by querying according to the received patch status query request;

The server receives and outputs patch status information fed back by the client.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

The server receives a patch information query request;

An embodiment of a software upgrading apparatus provided by the present invention, the apparatus is disposed in an electronic device, and the electronic device is installed with software. In an actual application, the software upgrading device may be a server end of the electronic device, as shown in the figure. As shown in Figure 5, the device comprises:

The patch adding unit 501 is configured to receive a patch adding request, and the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request are simultaneously added, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for Cold patch upgrade;

The patch adding unit 501 is specifically configured to store configuration information of the first patch and the second patch into a volatile memory, and store the first patch and the second patch into a non-volatile memory.

The notification unit 502 is configured to notify the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and notify the client to apply the second patch when the electronic device is restarted.

In an embodiment, the apparatus further includes:

The patch deleting unit 503 is configured to receive a patch deletion request, and delete the first patch specified by the patch deletion request.

Specifically, the patch deleting unit is specifically configured to delete the configuration information of the first patch from the volatile memory, and delete the first patch from the non-volatile memory.

In an embodiment, the apparatus further includes:

The patch status query unit 504 is configured to receive a patch status query request, send the patch status query request to the client, and receive and output patch status information fed back by the client, where the patch status information is the client The terminal obtains the query according to the received patch status query request.

In an embodiment, the apparatus further includes:

The patch information querying unit is configured to receive the patch information query request, and obtain and output the configuration information specified by the patch information query request from the volatile memory according to the patch information query request.

Here, it should be noted that, in an actual application, after the first patch or the second patch is applied, the configuration information corresponding to the first patch or the second patch is modified.

An embodiment of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device is installed with software. As shown in FIG. 6, the electronic device includes: a server 601 and a client 602, where

The server 601 is configured to receive a patch addition request, and add the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch addition request at the same time, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used. For the cold patch upgrade; and configured to notify the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and notify the client to apply the second patch when the electronic device is restarted;

The client 602 is configured to apply the first patch or the second patch according to the notification of the server.

It should be noted that the first patch may be one or more, and the second patch. Ability to fix issues for multiple first patches that have been added or applied.

The server 601 is specifically configured to store configuration information of the first patch and the second patch into a volatile memory, and store the first patch and the second patch into a non-volatile memory.

In an embodiment, the server 601 is further configured to receive a patch deletion request, and delete the first patch specified by the patch deletion request.

In an embodiment, the server 601 is further configured to receive a patch information query request, and obtain, according to the patch information query request, the configuration information specified by the patch information query request from the volatile memory.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applicable to both the stand-alone mode and the distributed mode, as shown in FIG. 7. The server manages all the patch information, such as the added patch information and the patch information of the application. It is responsible for handling the addition, application, deletion, and status query operations of the patch. When the patch information changes, it determines whether to notify the client according to the configuration. The client is responsible for the execution of the patch application; actively requests information from the server, or passively accepts the patch change notification of the server. In this paper, the server can also be called the patch management server, and the client can also be called the patch management client.

For ease of understanding, a software upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is introduced in conjunction with an application scenario. As shown in FIG. 8, the method includes:

S801. Create an upgrade package containing hot patches and cold patches.

Among them, the cold patch contains a fix for the previous hot patch. However, the cold patches and hot patches are not limited here. They must be in an upgrade package and can be made separately.

S802, adding an upgrade package on the server side.

If the hot patch and the cold patch are made separately, add them here.

S803, application upgrade package.

Among them, the hot patch is applied immediately, and the cold patch is not applied immediately. If the device restarts abnormally, the cold patch will take effect after the restart.

S804, view the hot patch application status.

Check whether the hot patch is applied successfully and verify whether the service is running normally through services.

S805, resetting the electronic device if allowed during maintenance.

S806, view the status of the cold patch application.

S807, delete the hot patch that is no longer used.

As shown in Figure 9, it is the process of patch addition. The detailed steps are as follows:

S901: The server receives an external patch service request.

S902: The server adds the patch package and its information, and records the patch information to the in-memory database. The patch package can be stored in a permanent medium such as a hard disk or a flash of an electronic device for use when the electronic device is booted. Here, the patch information may refer to the configuration information in the above.

S903, adding a response to the patch package, and the adding process is completed.

As shown in Figure 10, it is the flow of the patch application. The detailed steps are as follows:

S1001: The server receives an external application patch package request.

S1002: The server records the patch information to the in-memory database. If it does not need to take effect immediately, go directly to S1007; if it needs to take effect immediately, go to S1003.

Generally, the hot patch is configured to take effect immediately, and the hot patch is configured to take effect immediately.

S1003: The server notifies the client of the patch information.

S1004, the client downloads and applies the patch.

S1005, the client responds to the server.

S1006: If the patch application fails, the application operation is rolled back.

S1007: The server responds to the external application patch package.

As shown in Figure 11, it is the process of patch deletion. The detailed steps are as follows:

S1101: The server receives an external removal patch request.

In S1102, the server deletes the patch package and its information, and deletes the patch information record from the in-memory database, and the patch package is permanently deleted.

S1103, the patch package deletion response is given, and the deletion process is completed.

As shown in FIG. 12, it is a process of querying the patch information, and querying the patch information of the added or applied patch. The detailed steps are as follows:

S1201: The server receives an external patch information query request.

S1202: The server queries the patch information record from the in-memory database.

S1203, the patch information response is given, and the patch information query process is completed.

As shown in Figure 13, it is the process of patch application status query, which queries the application status of the application patch on all clients. The detailed steps are as follows:

S1301: The server receives an external patch application status query request.

S1302. The server sends an application status query request to the client.

S1303: The client collects the patch application status.

S1304: The client responds to the server.

S1305: The server applies a status query response to the external patch.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may employ hardware embodiments, software embodiments, or junctions. In the form of an embodiment of the software and hardware aspects. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage and optical storage, etc.) including computer usable program code.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or FIG. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer storage medium, wherein a computer program is stored, and the computer program is used to execute a software upgrade method applied to a server of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

In the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the server adds a hot patch to the client and adds a cold patch, and the hot patch is applied immediately, but the cold patch is not applied immediately, but is applied when the electronic device is reset due to system maintenance. . In this way, you can use the hot patch to fix the problem. When the device is restarted at the appropriate time, use the cold patch to avoid restarting the device due to the cold upgrade and ensure the normal operation. And you can delete the hot patches that are no longer needed, so as to avoid the adverse effects caused by too many hot patches.

Claims

A software upgrade method is applied to a server of an electronic device, where the electronic device is installed with software, and the method includes:

Receive a patch add request;

The first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request are added at the same time, the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for cold patch upgrade;

Controlling the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and controlling the client to apply the second patch when the electronic device is restarted.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first patch and the second patch respectively comprise program information and configuration information.

Adding the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request at the same time, including:

The configuration information of the first patch and the second patch is stored in a volatile memory, and the first patch and the second patch are stored in a non-volatile memory.
The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving a patch deletion request;

Delete the first patch specified by the patch deletion request.
The method of claim 3, wherein the deleting the first patch specified by the patch deletion request comprises:

The configuration information of the first patch is deleted from the volatile memory, and the first patch is deleted from the non-volatile memory.
The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving a patch status query request;

Sending the patch status query request to the client;

Receiving and outputting patch status information fed back by the client, where the patch status information is The client obtains the query according to the received patch status query request.
A software upgrade method is applied to an electronic device installed with software, the electronic device includes a server and a client, and the method includes:

The server receives a patch addition request;

And the server adds the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request to the electronic device, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for cold patch upgrade. ;

Notifying the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and when the electronic device is restarted, notifying the client to apply the second patch;

The client applies the first patch or the second patch according to the notification of the server.
The method of claim 6 wherein the method further comprises:

The server receives a patch deletion request;

The server deletes the first patch specified by the patch deletion request.
A software upgrade device, the device is disposed in an electronic device, the electronic device is installed with software, and the device includes: a patch adding unit and a notification unit; wherein

The patch adding unit is configured to receive a patch adding request, and the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch adding request are simultaneously added, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for cold Patch upgrade;

The notification unit is configured to notify the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and notify the client to apply the second patch when the electronic device is restarted.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first patch and the second patch respectively comprise program information and configuration information,

The patch adding unit is configured to store configuration information of the first patch and the second patch into a volatile memory, and store the first patch and the second patch into a non-volatile memory.
The device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the device further comprises:

The patch deleting unit is configured to receive a patch deletion request, and delete the first patch specified by the patch deletion request.
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the patch deleting unit is configured to delete the configuration information of the first patch from the volatile memory, and delete the first patch from the non-volatile memory.
The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said apparatus further comprises:

The patch status query unit is configured to receive a patch status query request, send the patch status query request to the client, and receive and output patch status information fed back by the client, where the patch status information is the client According to the received patch status query request obtained by query.
An electronic device, the electronic device is installed with software, the electronic device includes: a server and a client, wherein

The server is configured to receive a patch addition request, and add the first patch and the second patch specified by the patch addition request at the same time, where the first patch is used for hot patch upgrade, and the second patch is used for The cold patch is upgraded; and configured to notify the client to apply the first patch to the instant application, and notify the client to apply the second patch when the electronic device is restarted;

The client is configured to apply the first patch or the second patch according to the notification of the server.
The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the server is further configured to receive a patch deletion request, and delete the first patch specified by the patch deletion request.
A computer storage medium having stored therein a computer program for performing the software upgrade method of any one of claims 1 to 5.