Patent attributes
A method for optimizing source code comprises optimizing the source code of files from a computer program at link-time, and receiving, at a linker, a customized linker script defining output sections for files of an executable version of the files of the computer program. The method comprises adding, to intermediate representation files having global or local symbols, metadata comprising default section assignment information for the symbols and recording, for symbols in machine code files, an origin path and an output section. The method further comprises parsing, by the compiler, the intermediate representation files, recording the symbols and related symbol information comprising default section assignment and dependency information of the intermediate representation files, assigning output sections to the symbols based on the default section assignments and instructions from the customized linker script, and linking optimized code of the files of the computer program based on the assigned output sections.
