US 7,890,944 B2Granted

Method for sharing static link code by software components in DLL and main program

AssigneeSunplus Technology Co., Ltd.

InventorsHung-Lin Chou, Ying-Chou Chu

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

A method for sharing static link codes by software components in a dynamic link library (DLL) and a main program. First, the main program links to a static link library (SLL) and creates function pointers and variable pointers in the DLLs corresponding to the SLL. Next, the functions of a DLL program code associated with calling the SLL are changed into corresponding function pointers. Next, the variables of the DLL program code associated with calling the SLL are changed into corresponding variable pointers. Finally, the main program and the DLLs are compiled into the respective program codes, wherein the functions and variables associated with a DLL are obtained via the pointers. When the DLL is loaded in the main program, the memory addresses of the functions and variables for calling and corresponding to the SLL are passed to the DLL to share the static link codes with the main program.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A method for sharing static link codes by software components in a dynamic link library (DLL) and a main program, which is implemented in a memory and applicable to an embedded system with the memory, the main program linking to at least one static link library and a program code, the method comprising the steps of:

(A) creating, in the main program, a function pointer structure for corresponding to the at least one static link library and a link between the function pointer structure and corresponding functions of the at least one static link library;
(B) creating, in the main program, a variable pointer for corresponding to the at least one static link library and a link between the variable pointer and corresponding variables of the at least one static link library;
(C) changing function calls in a program code of the dynamic link library that call the at least one static link library into corresponding function pointer variables of the function pointer structure;
(D) changing variables of the program code of the dynamic link library that pass through the at least one static link library into corresponding variable pointers;
(E) compiling the program code of the dynamic link library into the dynamic link library, loading the dynamic link library in the main program, and passing memory addresses of the functions and variables from the main program to the dynamic link library;
and
(F) changing corresponding functions and variables, which call the at least one static link library, of the dynamic link library based on the memory addresses of the functions and variables passed on by the main program when the dynamic link library corresponding to the program code is loaded into the main program.

4 more elements

A method for sharing static link codes by software components in a dynamic link library (DLL) and a main program, which is implemented in a memory and applicable to an embedded system with the memory, the software components of the dynamic link library linking to at least one static link library, the method comprising the steps of:

(A) creating, in a software component of the dynamic link library, a function pointer structure for corresponding to the at least one static link library and a link between the function pointer structure and corresponding functions of the at least one static link library;
(B) creating, in the software component of the dynamic link library, a variable pointer for corresponding to the at least one static link library and a link between the variable pointer and corresponding variables of the at least one static link library;
(C) changing function call of the main program that call the at least one static link library into corresponding function pointer variables of the function pointer structure;
(D) changing variables of the main program that pass through the at least one static link library into corresponding variable pointers;
(E) compiling program codes of the software component of the dynamic link library into a dynamic link library, loading the dynamic link library in the main program, and passing memory addresses of the functions and variables from the dynamic link library to the main program;
and
(F) changing corresponding functions and variables, which call the at least one static link library, of the main program based on the memory addresses of the functions and variables obtained when the dynamic link library is loaded into the main program.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.