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Prepares an image for hotpatching.
/hotpatch
Remarks
When /hotpatch is used in a compilation, the compiler ensures that first instruction of each function is at least two bytes, which is required for hot patching.
After compiling with /hotpatch, you must link with /FUNCTIONPADMIN (Create Hotpatchable Image), which completes the preparation for making an image hotpatchable. When you compile and link an image with a single invocation of cl.exe, /hotpatch implies /functionpadmin.
Because instructions are always two bytes or larger on the ARM and Itanium Processor Family (IPF) architectures, and because x64 compilation is always treated as if /hotpatch has been specified, it's not necessary to specify /hotpatch when compiling for these targets, however you must still link with /functionpadmin to create hotpatchable images for these targets. The /hotpatch compiler option only affects x86 compilation.
To set this compiler option in the Visual Studio development environment
Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see How to: Open Project Property Pages.
Click the C/C++ folder.
Click the Command Line property page.
Type the compiler option in the Additional Options box.
To set this compiler option programmatically
- See AdditionalOptions.
Guidance
For more information about update management, see "Security Guidance for Update Management" at https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance/PatchManagement.mspx.