The Old New Thing

Is it okay to call Map­View­Of­File on the same mapping handle simultaneously from different threads?

Raymond Chen July 2, 2021 Jul 2, 2021 07/2/21

Or do you have to enforce serialization to ensure both calls succeed?

Studying linker error messages to find the cause of the unresolved external: Character sets

Raymond Chen July 1, 2021 Jul 1, 2021 07/1/21

Puzzling out why the symbols don't match exactly.

2021 mid-year link clearance

Raymond Chen June 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 06/30/21

A collection of stuff that has accumulated.

What should the CPU usage be of a fully-loaded CPU that has been throttled?

Raymond Chen June 29, 2021 Jun 29, 2021 06/29/21

A valid difference of opinion.

The initializing constructor looks like an assignment, but it isn’t

Raymond Chen June 28, 2021 Jun 28, 2021 06/28/21

There is no assignment going on; it's just a quirk of syntax.

The ARM processor (Thumb-2), part 20: Code walkthrough

Raymond Chen June 25, 2021 Jun 25, 2021 06/25/21

Putting together what we've learned, with a surprise.

The ARM processor (Thumb-2), part 19: Common patterns

Raymond Chen June 24, 2021 Jun 24, 2021 06/24/21

Code sequences you will learn to recognize.

The ARM processor (Thumb-2), part 18: Other kinds of prologues and epilogues

Raymond Chen June 23, 2021 Jun 23, 2021 06/23/21

Taking shortcuts and combining steps, or omitting them entirely.

The ARM processor (Thumb-2), part 17: Prologues and epilogues

Raymond Chen June 22, 2021 Jun 22, 2021 06/22/21

Implementing the receiving end of the calling convention.

The ARM processor (Thumb-2), part 16: The calling convention

Raymond Chen June 21, 2021 Jun 21, 2021 06/21/21

Pretend it's on the stack, even if it isn't.