* This is the Windows version of
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/1829
No functional change.
+ // Note FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS is only a hint to Windows and as such may get ignored.
HANDLE fd = CreateFile(fname.c_str(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, nullptr,
HANDLE fd = CreateFile(fname.c_str(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, nullptr,
- OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr);
+ OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS, nullptr);
if (fd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
return *baseAddress = nullptr, nullptr;
if (fd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
return *baseAddress = nullptr, nullptr;