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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2003
David Xinliang LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Hundt, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sungdo Moon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Loreena Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Xinliang Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Hundt, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sungdo Moon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Loreena Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques for cloning programming code are disclosed. In an embodiment, the cloned code is in the form of functions in the C language. Further, in a method embodiment, a clone of a function is invoked, and information mapping the clone to the function is generated. At link time, if no function body of the clone is accessible by a linker, then the linker uses information mapping the clone to the function to satisfy a linker's requirement. At load time, if no function body of the clone is accessible by a loader, then the loader, based on the mapping information, allows selection of a body of the function. However, if the body function of the clone is accessible by the loader, then the loader allows selection of the body of the clone.