Add a new 'hotpatch' attribute. This attribute will insert a two-byte no-op
instruction at the beginning of each function that has the attribute, allowing
the function to be easily hooked and/or patched.


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       function into callers whenever possible, ignoring any active inlining size
       threshold for this caller.</dd>
 
+  <dt><tt><b>hotpatch</b></tt></dt>
+  <dd>This attribute indicates that the prologue should contain a 'hotpatch'
+      sequence at the beginning. This is the same sequence used in the
+      system DLLs in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and higher.</dd>
+
   <dt><tt><b>inlinehint</b></tt></dt>
   <dd>This attribute indicates that the source code contained a hint that inlining
       this function is desirable (such as the "inline" keyword in C/C++).  It