XP crash (OT)

[David Fritz]

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
>