| Title | README out of date wrt WOW64 on Windows 7 |
| Status | closed |
| Priority | nice |
| Assigned user | Gareth Rees |
| Organization | Ravenbrook |
| Description | The README says, "The MPS will *not* work in a multi-threaded 32-bit application on 64-bit Windows 7. This is due to a serious fault in Microsoft's WOW64 emulator that we are powerless to correct." Microsoft released a hotfix for this issue [2] in 2013. See also [1]. So the README is out of date. |
| Analysis | Here's a plan: 1. Establish a test case that crashes on WOW64 2. Install hotfix and write procedure 3. See if test case now passes 4. If so, update README (and other documentation?) |
| How found | inspection |
| Evidence | [1] <http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/...ejoicewindows-7-stack-corruption-fixed/>[2] < http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2864432/en-us> |
| Created by | Gareth Rees |
| Created on | 2014-04-18 10:20:48 |
| Last modified by | Gareth Rees |
| Last modified on | 2014-09-26 20:38:41 |
| History | 2014-04-18 GDR Created. |
| Change | Effect | Date | User | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187052 | closed | 2014-09-26 20:38:41 | Gareth Rees | Synchronize the README and the overview in the Guide. |
| 187044 | open | 2014-09-26 13:07:49 | Gareth Rees | Microsoft has issued a hotfix for the WOW64 bug; explain this in the overview. Supported platform now described as "Linux 2.4 or later" rather than "Linux (some distros known good)". |
| 186820 | open | 2014-07-04 09:53:54 | Gareth Rees | Microsoft issued a hotfix for the WOW64 emulator bug. Note this in the README and link to the hotfix. |