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Run-time identification of dependencies during dynamic linking

US11340914B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Red Hat, Inc. · US

Inventor

Florian Weimer · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 2020
Grant date	May 24, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 21, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/433
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Run-time identification of dependencies during dynamic linking. A dynamic linker accesses contents of a first executable file that is to be executed. The dynamic linker, based on the contents of the first executable file, determines that the first executable file includes a first dynamic dependency function configured to be executed by the dynamic linker. The dynamic linker invokes the first dynamic dependency function of the first executable file. The dynamic linker receives, from the first dynamic dependency function, a first run-time dependency identifier that identifies a first run-time dependency, and adds the first run-time dependency identifier to a dependency identifier list.

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