Patent ID: 8418143

Claim:
A software reliability test method using selective fault activation, the method comprising: registering a test target module; and injecting a fault into a fault injection target function when (i) a caller of the fault injection target function is comprised in the registered module and (ii) a given fault injection condition is satisfied, wherein the injecting of a fault comprises: collecting effectiveness check information comprising an address of a memory in which the registered module is executed; determining whether the caller of the fault injection target function is comprised in the registered module on the basis the collected effectiveness check information; and injecting the fault into the fault injection target function when the caller is comprised in the registered module, wherein the step of determining comprises: determining whether an address of the caller is comprised in the address of the memory in which the registered module is executed; and determining that the caller is comprised in the registered module, when the address of the caller is comprised in the address of the memory.