RE: cygwin + windows update = lock up (W2K SP4)

[Igor Peshansky <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>]

On Wed, 3 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote:

> On 02 May 2006 22:11, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 01:59:12PM -0700, Shankar Unni wrote:
> >> Brian Dessent wrote:
> >>> It's a real shame that Russinovich is apparently aware of this
> >>> defect but remains uninterested in dealing with it past calling it a
> >>> Cygwin deficiency.
> >>
> >> Time for a Russinovitch-CGF cage match!
> >>
> >> (First one who tries to debug the problem loses..)
> >
> > If either Corinna or I could reproduce the problem it would be fixed
> > by now.
> >
> > cgf
>
>   Attached please find PPAST!
>
>   Compile with "gcc -g -O0 -mno-cygwin cygdeath.c -o cygdeath -l ntdll"
>
>   Runs with one arg: windows pid of any handy cygwin process, such as
> the shell you've just used to compile it in, or an instance of cat, or
> whatever.
>
>   Press any key when it tells you.  Watch csrss and chosen cygwin
> process start to thrash.
>
>     cheers,
>       DaveK

[Attachment: cygdeath.c (2KB) deleted]

My only question is: why isn't it using the undocumented WinAPI function
ProcessDropHippo() (the 48-argument version)?

IOW, aren't you on the wrong list for this useful technical discussion?
	Igor
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