Method and system for identification of redundant function-level slicing calls

A system, comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• one or more communication interfaces;
• and
• one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory via the one or more communication interfaces, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured by the instructions to:
• receive one or more source codes as input for identification of redundant function-level slicing calls, wherein the one or more source codes comprises one or more functions, wherein the one or more functions comprises one or more points of interest (POIs);
• identify one or more slicing criteria corresponding to each of the one or more POIs by processing the one or more POIs in the one or more functions;
• identify a first set of function-level slicing calls by processing the one or more source codes based on the one or more slicing criteria for generating a set of code slices, wherein each function-level slicing call in the first set of function-level slicing calls corresponds to (i) the one or more slicing criteria and (ii) a function among the one or more functions;
• generate one or more program dependence graphs (PDGs) based on the one or more slicing criteria and the function corresponding to each of the function-level slicing call in the first set of function-level slicing calls, wherein the one or more PDGs include data and control dependencies that can impact values of variables in the one or more slicing criteria;
• and
• classify using the generated one or more PDGs, each of the function-level slicing call in the first set of function-level slicing calls as one of (i) redundant or (ii) non-redundant.

One or more non-transitory machine readable information storage mediums comprising one or more instructions, which when executed by one or more hardware processors causes:

• receiving one or more source codes as input for identification of redundant function-level slicing calls, wherein the one or more source codes comprises one or more functions, wherein the one or more functions comprises one or more points of interest (POIs);
• identifying one or more slicing criteria corresponding to each of the one or more POIs by processing the one or more POIs in the one or more functions;
• identifying a first set of function-level slicing calls by processing the one or more source codes based on the one or more slicing criteria for generating a set of code slices, wherein each function-level slicing call in the first set of function-level slicing calls corresponds to (i) the one or more slicing criteria and (ii) a function among the one or more functions;
• generating one or more program dependence graphs (PDGs) based on the one or more slicing criteria and the function corresponding to each of the function-level slicing call in the first set of function-level slicing calls, wherein the one or more PDGs include data and control dependencies that can impact values of variables in the one or more slicing criteria;
• and
• classifying using the generated one or more PDGs, each of the function-level slicing call in the first set of function-level slicing calls as one of (i) redundant or (ii) non-redundant.