I detected an issue related to Loading and Unloading steps for Waterfall DLLs ( Instruction Set specific ).
Let's say I've compiled an application ( 64-bit / Dynamic linking of IPP libraries ) that could work on CPUs that support AVX Instruction Set ( code e9 for Waterfall DLLs ). A test case starts with a call to ippInit function in main function:
[ Source codes ]
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int main()
{
ippInit();
...
}
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However, before ippInit was called I was able to see in VS debugger that ippie9-7.1.dll and ippse9-7.1.dll already loaded ( see lines (4) and (5) ). Now, take a look at a VS debugger output:
[ VS Output Window ]
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(0)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Loaded '..\x64\Debug\IccTestApp64D.exe', ...
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(1)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Loaded '..\x64\ippcore-7.1.dll', ...
(2)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Loaded '..\x64\ippi-7.1.dll', ...
(3)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Loaded '..\x64\ipps-7.1.dll', ...
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(4)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Loaded '..\x64\ippie9-7.1.dll', ...
(5)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Loaded '..\x64\ippse9-7.1.dll', ...
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...Note: main() called
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...Note: ippInit() called
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(6)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Unloaded '..\x64\ippie9-7.1.dll'
(7)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Loaded '..\x64\ippie9-7.1.dll', ...
(8)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Unloaded '..\x64\ippse9-7.1.dll'
(9)'IccTestApp64D.exe': Loaded '..\x64\ippse9-7.1.dll', ...
...
processing continues...
As you can see as soon as ippInit is called both DLLs are unloaded and than loaded again ( see lines (6), (7), (8) and (9) ). Please take a look and investigate if something is wrong.
Thanks in advance.