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Using KeAcquireSpinLockAtDpcLevel is only a perf gain if you know you are DISPATCH_LEVEL

Well, that is certainly a long title ;). First, let us look at an approximate implementation of KeAcquireSpinLock and KeRaiseIrql (and yes I know that KeRaiseIrql is really a #define to KfRaiseIrql, but it is the same thing that happens in the end…) KIRQL Read More...
Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 3:42 PM by doronh | 0 Comments
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Returning failure from DriverEntry

One thing that is easily overlooked about implementing DriverEntry is that upon return !NT_SUCCESS, DriverUnload is not called. I mentioned this anecdotally in a previous post , but it is worth expanding on. I was bit by this oversight when I was working Read More...
Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 4:56 PM by doronh | 0 Comments
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How to share HW resources with another driver not in the same PnP hierarchy

First, I have to say that I don't agree with this design pattern at all . I think it leads to too many problems and complications that are not worth the pain. The only reason I am writing this entry is that I have seen so many people get this wrong or Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:56 PM by doronh | 1 Comments
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Supporting query interface in KMDF

In my last post I talked about bidirectional interfaces which can have both input and output parameters. KMDF supports both unidirectional and bidirectional interfaces. As is the case with many KMDF APIs and behaviors, we allow you to implement the easy Read More...
Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 11:25 AM by doronh | 0 Comments
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INTERFACEs can contain both input and output parameters…and not just function pointers

When you look at the documentation for an INTERFACE and IRP_MN_QUERY_INTERFACE , it mentions that the INTERFACE structure is the input provided to the interface provider (set the by the driver querying for the interface) and the remainder of the interface Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:01 PM by doronh | 5 Comments
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