Self-optimizable code for optimizing execution of tasks and allocation of memory in a data processing system
US8266606B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/88
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for increasing efficiency of tasks by observing the performance of generally equivalent code paths during execution of the task are disclosed. Embodiments involve a computer system with software, or hard-coded logic that includes reflexive code paths. The reflexive code paths may be identified by a software or hardware designer during the design of the computer system. For that particular computer system, however, one of the code paths may offer better performance characteristics so a monitor collects performance data during execution of the reflexive code paths and a code path selector selects the reflexive code with favorable performance characteristics. One embodiment improves the performance of memory allocation by selectively implementing a tunable, linear, memory allocation module in place of a default memory allocation module.
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