SYZYGY - A Framework for Scalable Cross-Module IPO

Performing analysis across module boundaries for an entire program is important for exploiting several runtime performance opportunities. However, due to scalability problems in existing full-program analysis frameworks, such performance opportunities are only realized by paying tremendous compile-time costs. Alternative solutions, such as partial compilations or user assertions, are complicated or unsafe and as a result, not many commercial applications are compiled today with cross-module optimizations. This paper presents SYZYGY, a practical framework for performing efficient, scalable, interprocedural optimizations. The framework is implemented in the HP-UX Itanium

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: CGO
• Authors: Sungdo Moon, Xinliang D. Li, Robert Hundt, Dhruva R. Chakrabarti, Luis A. Lozano, Uma Srinivasan, Shin-Ming Liu
• Keywords: CGO 2004, Performance Opportunities, Runtime Performance Opportunities, Software Engineering, Tremendous Compile-time Costs