PreciseBugCollector: Extensible, Executable and Precise Bug-fix Collection

Core Concepts

The author introduces PreciseBugCollector as a comprehensive bug-fix collection approach that overcomes limitations in existing bug datasets by incorporating CVEs from NVD, bugs from OSS-Fuzz, and injection-based bugs.

Abstract

The PreciseBugCollector methodically collects bug data from various sources to create a diverse and extensive bug-fix dataset. It addresses challenges in bug dataset creation by providing precise bug types and execution information for over 1 million bugs across multiple programming languages. The content discusses the methodology of collecting bugs from NVD, OSS-Fuzz, and through bug injection. It highlights the importance of project-specific bugs for industrial settings and emphasizes the need for diverse bug types in datasets. Key points include the introduction of PreciseBugCollector, its components (bug tracker and bug injector), data extraction methods, comparison with existing datasets, implications for industry settings, and evaluation questions answered through detailed analysis. The dataset comprises over 1 million bugs collected from thousands of open-source projects using different approaches to ensure precision and diversity in bug types. The focus is on creating a valuable resource for software maintenance tasks like bug detection, fault localization, and automated program repair.

Stats

To date, PreciseBugCollector comprises 1 057 818 bugs extracted from 2 968 open-source projects. Of these bugs, 12 602 are sourced from NVD and OSS-Fuzz repositories while the remaining 1 045 216 are project-specific bugs generated by the bug injector.

Quotes

"Addressing the industry challenge of imprecise bug-fix datasets requires both components to build deep learning models that can learn broadly and in-depth." "Project-specific bugs hold significant value in industrial settings as they align with domain knowledge and coding styles employed in real-world projects."

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PreciseBugCollector

by He Ye,Zimin ... at arxiv.org 03-12-2024

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.06229.pdf

Deeper Inquiries

How can PreciseBugCollector's approach benefit industries beyond software maintenance tasks?

PreciseBugCollector's approach offers significant benefits to industries beyond software maintenance tasks. By collecting a comprehensive bug dataset with precise bug types and accompanying information, it provides valuable insights for various industrial applications. Quality Assurance: Industries can leverage PreciseBugCollector to enhance their quality assurance processes by using the collected bugs for testing and validation purposes. The diverse range of bugs in the dataset allows companies to test their systems against real-world scenarios, improving overall product quality. Security Testing: With CVEs from NVD and bugs from OSS-Fuzz included in the dataset, industries can strengthen their security testing efforts. By identifying vulnerabilities and weaknesses through these bugs, organizations can proactively address security concerns before they escalate into major issues. Training Machine Learning Models: The extensive bug dataset provided by PreciseBugCollector serves as valuable training data for machine learning models focused on program repair, fault localization, and other software engineering tasks. Industries can use this data to develop more robust AI-driven solutions tailored to their specific needs. Code Review Automation: Automated code review tools can benefit from the diverse set of bugs in the PreciseBugCollector dataset. By incorporating these bugs into their analysis algorithms, companies can improve code review processes by detecting potential issues early on. Domain-Specific Knowledge Transfer: Project-specific bugs generated by PreciseBugCollector are particularly beneficial for industries requiring domain-specific knowledge and adherence to unique coding styles. These tailored bugs align closely with industrial projects' characteristics, making them invaluable for training developers on specific project requirements.

What counterarguments exist against utilizing project-specific bugs tailored for industrial settings?

While project-specific bugs tailored for industrial settings offer several advantages, there are also some counterarguments that need consideration: Limited Generalizability: Project-specific bugs may not be representative of broader industry trends or common programming errors found across different projects or domains. 2 .Resource Intensive: Generating project-specific bugs requires significant resources in terms of time and effort compared to using existing datasets like ManyBugs or Defects4J which might limit scalability. 3 .Data Privacy Concerns: Using project-specific bug data could raise privacy concerns if sensitive information about proprietary codebases is inadvertently exposed during bug generation or analysis. 4 .Overfitting Risks: There is a risk of overfitting when training machine learning models solely on project-specific bug data as it may not capture the diversity needed for generalization across different contexts.

How does the concept of self-supervised training compare to PreciseBugCollector's method of creating artificial bugs?

Self-supervised training involves leveraging unlabeled data within a system itself rather than relying on external labels or annotations - essentially allowing a model to learn directly from its own input without human intervention explicitly labeling each piece of input data. In comparison: Self-supervised Training: In self-supervised learning approaches like SemSeed or BugLab mentioned earlier where rewrite rules are used based on learned patterns from collected bug-fixing commits; however no explicit error message extraction is done unlike what is done in PreciseBugCollectors method Artificial Bug Creation: On the other hand,Precisiebugcollector uses predefined injection rules 16 single-statement injection rules)to create artificial unseenbugs ,each specified with an existing test suite having at least one failing test that exposes th ebugand then executing them againsttheir testsuites Both methods have distinct advantages depending upon application context - while self supervised learning eliminates relianceon labeleddata,itmaynotcapturethe same levelof detailas manual annotationorerror messagerecordingdoneinPrecisiebugcollectorapproachwhichprovidesmoreprecisedataforanalysisandmodeltraining