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Re:Compiler bug? Linker bug? Windows Kernel bug by dingo_bat on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:17AM (#16464310)
I don't know if you're trolling.

> if a program writes a PE file (EXE or DLL) using memory mapped file I/O and

Write

> if that program is then immediately executed (or loaded

Read immediately

> then a necessary file-buffer flush may fail

You get bad data in memory.

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Re:Compiler bug? Linker bug? Windows Kernel bug by huhtenberg on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:24AM (#16464337)
You've abstracted very specific conditions to the point of absurdity. I don't see any reason for that except for pulling a strawman and taking a stab at Windows.
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