Re: Cancel-safe without a thread?

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<BubbaGump> wrote in message

I can't speak for those people. I only understand my own
understanding, and I trust that second level of understanding as much
or more than the current solutions (which are also not guaranteed to
be correct just because they're printed in a book or accepted by a lot
of people). I do sometimes mistakenly think the current solutions are
wrong because I don't understand them, so I keep looking at them until
I do. If I don't understand something then I don't do it.

The challenge here is that you do not know the Windows kernel, so in some
case syou think you have seen all the edge conditions and you have not. If
this was user code, I would say go for it, but when a driver writer does
something wrong the common case is a crash, and there are worse cases.
Personally, I find a risk like that unacceptable, and have given input on
hiring and personel reviews that reflects that philosophy, with the result
being the individual and the firm I am consulting for do not have a long
term relationship.


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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
http://www.windrvr.com
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