Compiling and linking
US8826258B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/54
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of generating a computer program, the method comprising: independently compiling a plurality of source code modules to generate a plurality of respective object modules comprising a plurality of respective threads explicitly designated by a user to be executed in parallel; in each of the object modules, inserting at least one symbol indicative of a property of the object module's thread potentially conflicting with a corresponding property of a thread of another of said object module as a result of parallel execution of those threads; executing a linker to perform a linking process on said object modules, the linking process comprising: assessing the symbols in conjunction with one another to determine whether a conflict exists between the threads of two or more of the respective object modules; and linking the object modules to generate a computer program in which said threads are executable in parallel, wherein the linking is performed in dependence on said assessment.
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