| ▲ | ack_complete 18 hours ago | |
There's an annoying corner case when using SetWindowLongPtr/GetWindowLongPtr() -- Windows sends WM_GETMINMAXINFO before WM_NCCREATE. This can be worked around with a thread local, but a trampoline inherently handles it. Trampolines are also useful for other Win32 user functions that don't have an easy way to store context data, such as SetWindowsHookEx(). They're also slightly faster, though GetWindowLongPtr() at least seems able to avoid a syscall. The code as written, though, is missing a call to FlushInstructionCache() and might not work in processes that prohibit dynamic code generation. An alternative is to just pregenerate an array of trampolines in a code segment, each referencing a mutable pointer in a parallel array in the data segment. These can be generated straightforwardly with a little template magic. This adds size to the executable unlike an empty RWX segment, but doesn't run afoul of any dynamic codegen restrictions or require I-cache flushing. The number of trampolines must be predetermined, but the RWX segment has the same limitation. | ||
| ▲ | rovingeye 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I wasn't aware of the thread local trick, I solve this problem by not setting WS_VISIBLE and calling SetWindowPos & ShowWindow after CreateWindow returns (this solves some other problems as well..) | ||
| ▲ | 201984 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
FlushInstructionCache isn't needed on x86_64. I-cache and D-cache are coherent. | ||