Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamically replacing a call to a software library with a call to an accelerator
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Application No.: US15849560Application Date: 2017-12-20
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Publication No.: US11645059B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: James E. Carey , Jim C. Chen , Paul E. Schardt , Lance G. Thompson
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Grant M. McNeilly
- Main IPC: G06F8/60
- IPC: G06F8/60 ; G06F8/30 ; G06F8/51 ; G06F8/54 ; G06F9/448 ; G06F8/61 ; G06F30/20

Abstract:
A computer program includes calls to a software library. A virtual function table is built that includes the calls to the software library in the computer program. A programmable device includes one or more currently-implemented accelerators. The available accelerators that are currently-implemented are determined. The calls in the software library that correspond to a currently-implemented accelerator are determined. One or more calls to the software library in the virtual function table are replaced with one or more corresponding calls to a corresponding currently-implemented accelerator. When a call in the software library could be implemented in a new accelerator, an accelerator image for the new accelerator is dynamically generated. The accelerator image is then deployed to create the new accelerator. One or more calls to the software library in the virtual function table are replaced with one or more corresponding calls to the new accelerator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190187966A1 DYNAMICALLY REPLACING A CALL TO A SOFTWARE LIBRARY WITH A CALL TO AN ACCELERATOR Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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