search
Raymond Chen
Trends
- 1What happens when hot-patching an already-hot-patched function●If somebody tries to hot-patch an already-hot-patched function
Microsoft developer blog author Raymond Chen has published a new Old New Thing post examining what happens when someone attempts to hot-patch a function that has already been hot-patched. The piece walks through the mechanics of runtime code patching on Windows and the complications that arise from layering patches on top of each other, drawing comment and discussion from developers.
- 2Raymond Chen explains hot-patching an already-hot-patched function▼If somebody tries to hot-patch an already-hot-patched function https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20261005-00/?p
A new entry in Microsoft's Old New Thing blog by longtime developer Raymond Chen walks through what happens when someone attempts to hot-patch a Windows function that has already been hot-patched. The post dives into the low-level mechanics of binary patching on Windows, and programmers on Hacker News are sharing and discussing the technical details.