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Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 17:52:21 GMT
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
From: fieldhouse AT logica DOT com (Dirk Fieldhouse)
Subject: Re: Memory Violation With Windres and Shared Data Segments
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On Sat, 07 Aug 1999 22:55:16 -0500, Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU> wrote:
>...>[binutils &c enhancements for shareable data segments]

>Just to let you folks know, I just submitted patches to both binutils >and gcc to make this happen.
>
>In the future, you'll be able to do this:
> 
>  int __attribute__((section ("shared"), shared)) foo = 0;
>  int
>  main ()
>  {
>    /* do stuff to foo. */
>    return 0;
>  }
>
>and all running copies of the executable will share ``foo''.
>...

That certainly explains why my hook DLL with 
 
static HHOOK __attribute__ ((section("SHARED"))) g_hHook = NULL;

(hoping for magic in the section name) didn't fly!

I'll look forward to a better result with the enhanced tools.

Thanks
/df

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