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Method for modifying the assembly output of a compiler

US8930928B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Opera Software AS · NO

Inventor

Morten Rolland · Oslo, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 31, 2009
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/14
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention performs manipulations on the assembly file level. As a compiler outputs an assembly file, the assembly file may be inspected and modified before it is sent to the assembler. One or more of the following modifications may be made to the assembly file: rewrite certain symbols, scramble program symbols, reorganize declarations of global variables so that their layout and default values are known prior to linking, and identify initializer and de-initializer functions in order to make them callable through central initialization and de-initialization functions, respectively.

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