Re: GetCurrentProcessorNumber() for XP?

"frank" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C21625F3-41CD-448B-91CF-C71DFB1EE9F5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
why not writing a little helper driver (the old style - not that wdm/kmdf
stuff), that does the KeGetCurrentProcessorNumber() call in a read request
(or ioctl) if he wants to know the number in ring3 ?

Because of the high overhead of kernel call.

--PA


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