Appeal No. 97-2525
Application 08/291,370
The Rejection on Appeal
Claims 20, 23-25, 28-30, and 33-34 stand finally rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pettis and
Levine.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for
reordering the instructions within an executable file to
optimize execution thereof by a data processing system. The
independent claims are claims 20, 25 and 30. Claim 30 is
directed to a computer program product including a computer
usable medium containing computer readable program code means
for reordering instructions within an executable file. The
independent claims are reproduced below:
20. A method of reordering the instructions
within an executable file to optimize execution
thereof by a data processing system, said method
comprising the steps of:
recording, during execution of said
instructions, trace information including address
information;
selecting a subset of said instructions which
are indicated by said trace information as being
executed frequently;
moving each of said selected instructions from
their original physical location to a new physical
location at the end of the executable file; and
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