Patents
US 10133560 B2: Link time program optimization in presence of a linker script
- Granted
- 2018-11-20
- Filed
- 2016-09-22 application 15273527
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method for optimizing source code comprises optimizing the source code of files from a computer program at link-time, and receiving, at a linker, a customized linker script defining output sections for files of an executable version of the files of the computer program. The method comprises adding, to intermediate representation files having global or local symbols, metadata comprising default section assignment information for the symbols and recording, for symbols in machine code files, an origin path and an output section. The method further comprises parsing, by the compiler, the intermediate representation files, recording the symbols and related symbol information comprising default section assignment and dependency information of the intermediate representation files, assigning output sections to the symbols based on the default section assignments and instructions from the customized linker script, and linking optimized code of the files of the computer program based on the assigned output sections.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg181120.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUALCOMM Innovation Center, Inc. 93 patents | US company or organization | San Diego, CA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Larin | Austin, TX | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Shankar Kalpathi Easwaran | Austin, TX | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Hemant Kulkarni | Cedar Park, TX | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tobias Edler Von Koch | Austin, TX | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F8/443 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | EDLER VON KOCH, TOBIAS signed 2016-11-07 KALPATHI EASWARAN, SHANKAR signed 2016-11-07 KULKARNI, HEMANT signed 2016-11-07 LARIN, SERGEI signed 2016-11-07 | QUALCOMM INNOVATION CENTER, INC. SAN DIEGO, CA | 40278/550 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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