How Dll Load in Memory?

DLLs and Memory Management
  1. The threads of the process that called the DLL can use handles opened by a DLL function. ...
  2. The DLL uses the stack of the calling thread and the virtual address space of the calling process.
  3. The DLL allocates memory from the virtual address space of the calling process.

How are DLL files loaded?

DLL files may be explicitly loaded at run-time, a process referred to simply as run-time dynamic linking by Microsoft, by using the LoadLibrary (or LoadLibraryEx ) API function. The GetProcAddress API function is used to look up exported symbols by name, and FreeLibrary – to unload the DLL.

How does load library work?

LoadLibrary can be used to load a library module into the address space of the process and return a handle that can be used in GetProcAddress to get the address of a DLL function. LoadLibrary can also be used to load other executable modules.

Robert Thorne

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