Memory Corruption on a Windows NT Alpha Platform
Article ID: 159910
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q159910
SYMPTOMS
This problem is specific to the Alpha processor platform only. When an
application makes a function call that resolves to the Windows NT call of
ZwMapViewOfSection, and the call is made two or more times in a row (before
calling ZwUnMapViewOfSection), an assertion will sometimes occur (depending
on the size of the mapped region and the physical address passed in). If
the assertion is ignored, some of the PTEs are overwritten.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack.
For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: prodnt ntblue sp2
Keywords: kbnetwork KB159910