@inproceedings{05ff0c5165c04f05a007aba34bc16713,
title = "An empirical study of function pointers using SPEC benchmarks",
abstract = "Since the C language imposes little restriction on the use of function pointers, the task of call graph construction for C programs is far more difficult than that found in Fortran programs. From the expe- rience of implementing a call graph extractor in the IMPACT compiler, we found the call graph construction problem has evolved into an in- terprocedural pointer analysis problem. In this paper, we report several interesting function pointer usage patterns found in the SPECint92 and SPECint95 benchmarks. They can be considered as critical issues in the design of a complete call graph extractor.",
author = "Cheng, {Ben Chung} and Hwu, {Wen Mei W.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000.; 12th International Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing, LCPC 1999 ; Conference date: 04-08-1999 Through 06-08-1999",
year = "2000",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-44905-1_38",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783540678588",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "490--493",
editor = "Larry Carter and Jeanne Ferrante",
booktitle = "Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing - 12th International Workshop, LCPC 1999, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
}