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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Eduard DE Jong, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eduard de Jong, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for reducing dynamic memory allocation includes designing a software program using a memory allocation module for allocating memory, analyzing the software program to determine a bound on dynamic memory allocation and modifying the program based on the analyzing. According to one aspect, the program is modified to use static memory allocation in lieu of dynamic memory allocation based on the analyzing. According to another aspect, the program is modified to reduce the amount of dynamically allocated memory based on the analyzing.