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postalrat 15 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Pushing the limits of RISC-V emulation

Would that support self modifying code?

pjmlp 15 days ago [–]

Self modifying code is frowned upon on modern platforms, due to its security implications.

MiroslavPokorny 14 days ago | [–]

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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