Understanding the connectivity of heap objects
Martin Hirzel, Johannes Henkel, et al.
ISMM 2002
We present practical approximation methods for computing and representing interprocedural aliases for a program written in a language that includes pointers, reference parameters, and recursion. We present the following contributions: (1) a framework for interprocedural pointer alias analysis that handles function pointers by constructing the program call graph while alias analysis is being performed; (2) a flow-sensitive interprocedural pointer alias analysis algorithm; (3) a flow-insensitive interprocedural pointer alias analysis algorithm; (4) a flow-insensitive interprocedural pointer alias analysis algorithm that incorporates kill information to improve precision; (5) empirical measurements of the efficiency and precision of the three interprocedural alias analysis algorithms.
Martin Hirzel, Johannes Henkel, et al.
ISMM 2002
Matthew Arnold, Stephen J. Fink, et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE
Michael Hind, Anthony Pioli
Science of Computer Programming
Michael Hind, Michael Burke, et al.
Scientific Programming