Re: [Mingw-users] DLL image basing, in depth Q

[Lado B. <lb...@Ma...>]

On 12 Dec 2000, at 16:36, Soren Andersen wrote:

> If so, does this slow down the loading and execution of the object
> code needed in the DLL? If so, how much;  and are there any other
> side-effects (penalties) of this extra relocation step?  

Rebasing could cause an overhead of approx. 400% on Win9x and 
600% on NT (in *worst case* - large dll with a lot of relocations 
fixups). Plus, there's also a penalty in pagefile usage. 

Search for article "Rebasing Win32 DLLs: The Whole Story" on the M$ 
website, if you need detailed explanation and exact numbers. 


Regards,
Lado Brisar.
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