Patent attributes
Techniques are described for dynamically enabling or disabling portions of an executing software module based on control data. During compilation of source code for a software module, switching instructions may be generated to enable the conditional bypassing of executable instructions for one or more functions described in the source code. In some cases, the switching instructions may be generated for the public functions of a software module. During execution of the software module, the switching instructions may trap a call to a function and dynamically determine whether to execute the function based on the value of control data corresponding to the function. A user interface may be presented to enable an operator to set the control data to enable or disable the execution of one or more functions.