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21 Aug 01 23:39

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cant i unload a driver b4 terminating the system threads it created?

Hi Guys, I am creating a system thread in the driver entry routine. and want this thread to be terminated when i unload the driver. So i have a global boolean which when set to true the system thread will terminate itself. but the problem is after the unload routine finishes system goes blue :(... stack at the time when BSOD occur is F09E25D1 PsSetCreateThreadNotifyRoutine + 00AA KiUnexpectedInterrupt + 0180 why does it happen so... cant i unload a driver b4 terminating its system threads? ta ta, Arun _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --- You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst('Recip.MemberIDChar')@lists.osr.com

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22 Aug 01 13:28

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Re: cant i unload a driver b4 terminating the system threads it created?

Wait on the thread's pointer to catch the moment it will exit. The only reliable way. Also your BOOLEAN must be declared as "volatile", don't forget this. Max ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arun kumar Sundaram" <xxxxx@hotmail.com> To: "NT Developers Interest List" <xxxxx@lists.osr.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 7:35 AM Subject: [ntdev] cant i unload a driver b4 terminating the system threads it created? > Hi Guys, > > I am creating a system thread in the driver entry routine. and want this > thread to be terminated when i unload the driver. So i have a global boolean > which when set to true the system thread will terminate itself. but the > problem is after the unload routine finishes system goes blue :(... stack at > the time when BSOD occur is > > F09E25D1 > PsSetCreateThreadNotifyRoutine + 00AA > KiUnexpectedInterrupt + 0180 > > why does it happen so... cant i unload a driver b4 terminating its system > threads? > > ta ta, <...excess quoted lines suppressed...> --- You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst('Recip.MemberIDChar')@lists.osr.com

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