Reversing : The Hacker's Guide to Reverse Engineering

Figure A.13 Effects of function-level working-set tuning on code placement in binary

executables.

Function1 (Medium Popularity)

Function1_Condition1 (Frequently Executed)

Function1_Condition2 (Sometimes Executed)

Function1_Condition3 (Frequently Executed)

Function3 (High Popularity)

Function3_Condition1 (Sometimes Executed)

Function3_Condition2 (Rarely Executed)

Function3_Condition3 (Frequently Executed)

Function2 (Low Popularity)

Function2_Condition1 (Rarely Executed)

Function2_Condition2 (Sometimes Executed)

Function1 (Medium Popularity)

Function1_Condition1 (Frequently Executed)

Function1_Condition2 (Sometimes Executed)

Function1_Condition3 (Frequently Executed)

Function3 (High Popularity)

Function3_Condition1 (Sometimes Executed)

Function3_Condition2 (Rarely Executed)

Function3_Condition3 (Frequently Executed)

Function2 (Low Popularity)

Function2_Condition1 (Rarely Executed)

Function2_Condition2 (Sometimes Executed)

Beginning of

Module

Beginning of

Module

End of Module

End of Module

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