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Re:Pushing the limits of RISC-V emulation by postalrat on Thursday August 06, 2026 @12:41AM (#49192533)
Would that support self modifying code?
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Re:Pushing the limits of RISC-V emulation by pjmlp on Thursday August 06, 2026 @04:40AM (#49194113)
Self modifying code is frowned upon on modern platforms, due to its security implications.
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Re:Pushing the limits of RISC-V emulation by MiroslavPokorny on Friday August 07, 2026 @08:25AM (#49209344)
Self modifying code is not allowed on some o/s because pages with code are marked as non writable, because bad things can happen when code is writable, eg buffer overflows.
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