SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY LINKING APPLICATION SOFTWARE INTO A RUNNING OPERATING SYSTEM KERNEL

摘要

The present invention provides systems and methods for dynamically linking modules into a running operating system kernel. Systems and methods described herein have the following advantages: they permit an application programmer (101) to write, compile, execute, and terminate application code (102) that is to be loaded into a kernel (104) as if the application code was an ordinary application program, they allow a standard programming environment (100) to be used to encapsulate application software in a familiar environment, and they permit automatic cleanup of errors and freeing of program resources when the application terminates.