The Old New Thing

The ship date predictor: Redux

August 31, 2016 Aug 31, 2016 08/31/16

Raymond Chen

Each project is different.

What is the NTDiskQuotaSidCache.ndx file for?

August 30, 2016 Aug 30, 2016 08/30/16

Raymond Chen

It's the SID cache for the disk quota control panel.

Detecting what language or script a run of text is written in, redux

August 29, 2016 Aug 29, 2016 08/29/16

Raymond Chen

One step closer to actually doing it.

Spurious wakes, race conditions, and bogus FIFO claims: A peek behind the curtain of WaitOnAddress

August 26, 2016 Aug 26, 2016 08/26/16

Raymond Chen

Watch the gears turn.

Soarin’ over California + Seattle = Wings over Washington

August 25, 2016 Aug 25, 2016 08/25/16

Raymond Chen

I wonder what it's like.

Implementing a critical section in terms of WaitOnAddress

August 25, 2016 Aug 25, 2016 08/25/16

Raymond Chen

Building things out of other things.

The International Fair Play Committee announces the Rio 2016 Fair Play Awards, but spends most of the time congratulating themselves

August 24, 2016 Aug 24, 2016 08/24/16

Raymond Chen

Sporteaucratic nonsense.

Implementing a synchronization barrier in terms of WaitOnAddress

August 24, 2016 Aug 24, 2016 08/24/16

Raymond Chen

Kicking the tires by building another kind of tire.

WaitOnAddress lets you create a synchronization object out of any data variable, even a byte

August 23, 2016 Aug 23, 2016 08/23/16

Raymond Chen

Pick a byte, any byte.

Adventures in application compatibility: The bogus memory calculation

August 22, 2016 Aug 22, 2016 08/22/16

Raymond Chen

Let's add some numbers together, shall we?