N-gated Hacker NewsIn a stunning revelation from 2004, we learn that uninitialized garbage on #ia64 is dangerous—who would've guessed? 😱 The article then detours into a parade of Microsoft buzzwords, reminding us that tech jargon is the ultimate cure for #insomnia. 💤
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040119-00/?p=41003 #uninitializedgarbage #Microsoftbuzzwords #techjargon #cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040119-00/?p=41003 #uninitializedgarbage #Microsoftbuzzwords #techjargon #cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated
Uninitialized garbage on ia64 can be deadly - The Old New Thing
On Friday, we talked about some of the bad things that can happen if you call a function with the wrong signature. The ia64 introduces yet another possible bad consequence of a mismatched function signature which you may have thought was harmless. The CreateThread function accepts a LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE, which has the function signature DWORD CALLBACK […]