Re: XP crash (OT)

[David Fritz <zeroxdf at att dot net>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 07:11:20PM -0400, David Fritz wrote:
>
> > Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > Interestingly enough, I just added some checking to fhandler_base::open 
> > > > which
> > > > used RtlIsDosDeviceName_U.  It caused a reboot of my XP system every time
> > > > I tried it.  That's a first for XP.
> > >
> > >
> > > Oops.  No, that was the result of passing garbage to
> > > InitializeObjectAttributes apparently.  Seems like a pretty serious XP
> > > bug regardless.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Are you sure?  InitializeObjectAttributes() is a macro.
> >
> > How was the garbage being passed?

I ask because I'm interested.  NT showstoppers deserve a little research if you 
have the time (I do).  So if you remember the specifics, I'd be interested.  If 
not, thanks anyway.

HAND, Cheers

> Maybe it was NtCreateFile, then.
>
> cgf