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Re:On self-modifying executables in Rust by ktpsns on Friday January 28, 2022 @06:23PM (#30121882)
Compiling code at runtime is not self-modifying. For instance, in GPGPU programming, the kernels (=code running on GPUs) are usually compiled at runtime. And of course any time of JITs in scripting languages do the same.
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Re:On self-modifying executables in Rust by smasher164 on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:04PM (#30122250)
What about rewriting CPU feature-detection code to remove branching?
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Re:On self-modifying executables in Rust by dataflow on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:46PM (#30122921)
Yeah, I think this is the answer to OP's question.
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Re:On self-modifying executables in Rust by aaaaaaaaaaab on Friday January 28, 2022 @06:29PM (#30121945)
Ok, then consider a lazy-loading dynamic linker that rewrites the thunks when the library is loaded.
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