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KeTryToAcquireSpinLockAtDpcLevel()
Bo_Brantén
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I just noticed a possible documentation error for the function KeTryToAcquireSpinLockAtDpcLevel(), it says that you should release the spin lock with KeReleaseSpinLock() but all the other "AtDpcLevel" functions has a separate release function that is called KeReleaseSpinLockFromDpcLevel() so I would like to ask if this is a documentation error or if there is something special with the "Try" function so it is true you should use the ordinary release function?
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Exactly! There are no saved IRQL to give to the release function, however it would work if one gives it the "false" value DPC_LEVEL!
Normally the IRQL is inferred from control flow. If you are confident to call KeAcquireSpinLockAtDpcLevel, you should be confident that you know what to pass to KeReleaseSpinLock.