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Method and system for performing link-time code optimization without additional code analysis

US7418699B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Markus T. Metzger · Ulm, DE
Khem Raj · Ulm, DE
Oender Karpat · Ulm, DE
Robert Wiesner · Chandler, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2004
Grant date	Aug 26, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 31, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/54
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for performing code optimization is described which includes an optimizing analyzer within a compiler to generate a first optimizing transformation and a second optimizing transformation and their satisfying conditions for a compiled code. An optimization transformation module is placed within a linker to determine which of the first and second optimizing transformations should be selected when the compiled code is linked with other compiled codes, and to execute the selected one of the first and second optimizing transformations at link-time. A method of performing code optimization is also described.

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