The Old New Thing

What could be happening in Safe Mode to make my heap corruption bug go away?

November 30, 2016 Nov 30, 2016 11/30/16

Raymond Chen

It's more about what's not happening.

The case of the volume label that doesn’t change

November 29, 2016 Nov 29, 2016 11/29/16

Raymond Chen

Who can read it?

If I simply want to create a registry key but don’t intend to do anything else with it, what security access mask should I ask for?

November 28, 2016 Nov 28, 2016 11/28/16

Raymond Chen

If you need nothing, then ask for nothing.

The Gävle Goat is now 50 years old

November 25, 2016 Nov 25, 2016 11/25/16

Raymond Chen

Welcome to Gävle. Please don't burn down our goat.

Lock free many-producer/single-consumer patterns: A work queue of distinct events, FIFO

November 25, 2016 Nov 25, 2016 11/25/16

Raymond Chen

No cutting in line.

Turkeys Away: An Oral History

November 24, 2016 Nov 24, 2016 11/24/16

Raymond Chen

The most famous sitcom Thanksgiving Day episode.

Lock free many-producer/single-consumer patterns: A work queue of distinct events, order not important

November 24, 2016 Nov 24, 2016 11/24/16

Raymond Chen

Each one is different in its own special way, but we don't care what order they are processed.

Lock free many-producer/single-consumer patterns: A work queue of identical non-coalescable events

November 23, 2016 Nov 23, 2016 11/23/16

Raymond Chen

They're all the same, but each one counts.

Lock free many-producer/single-consumer patterns: A work queue where the last one wins

November 22, 2016 Nov 22, 2016 11/22/16

Raymond Chen

There can be more than one, but only the last one counts.

Lock free many-producer/single-consumer patterns: A work queue with task coalescing

November 21, 2016 Nov 21, 2016 11/21/16

Raymond Chen

Starting out simple.