Rebasing
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In computing, rebasing is the process of modifying data based on one reference to another. It can be one of the following:
Rebasing is the process of creating a
shared libraries
loadable in the system.
IBM
Win32 platforms to avoid the overhead of address relocation of system DLLs
by the loader.
Some security extensions to
x86 use rebasing to force the use of code addresses below
.
0x00ffffff
in order to introduce a 0x00
byte into all code pointers;[citation needed] This eliminates a certain class of buffer overflow security problems related to improper checking of null-terminated strings, common in the C programming languageOther uses
- Rebasing is the act of moving Git and Darcsdo this (but Darcs extends the concept and calls it "patch commutation").
- The mechanism that the Microsoft Exchange or Outlook daylight saving time (DST) rebasing tool TZMOVE.EXE uses to recalculate and reschedule appointment dates that are affected by DST.
See also
- Relocation (computing)
- Position-independent code
- Portable Executable (PE)
- High memory area (HMA)
- Dynamic dead code elimination
Further reading
- Chen, Raymond (2004-12-17). "How did Windows 95 rebase DLLs?". The Old New Thing.
- Riemersma, Thiadmer (2000-12-01). "Rebasing Win32 DLLs". Dr. Dobb's Journal.
- Mark Baker (2004-03-25). "Optimizing DLL Loads". Dr. Dobb's Journal.
- Caldato, Claudio (February 2006). "Improving Application Startup Time". Microsoft Corporation.
- Biswas, Surupa (May 2006). "The Performance Benefits of NGen". Microsoft Corporation.
- Microsoft Corporation.
- Asche, Rüdiger R. (1995-09-18). "Rebasing Win32 DLLs: The Whole Story". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07.
- Robbins, John (2000). Debugging applications: Microsoft. Microsoft programming series. ISBN 978-0-7356-0886-3.
- Thomas, Reji; Reddy, Bhasker (2006-08-14). "Dynamic Linking in Linux and Windows, part two". Symantec Corp.