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So now you're talking about the ntdll.dll ABI instead of the kernel ABI. ntdll.dll is not the kernel.
by immibis 10mo ago
So now you're talking about the ntdll.dll ABI instead of the kernel ABI. ntdll.dll is not the kernel.
- sedatk 10mo agoNTDLL is NT’s kernel ABI, not syscalls. Nothing on Windows uses syscalls to call the kernel. NTDLL isn’t some higher level library. It’s just a series of entry points into NT kernel.
- dcrazy 10mo agoYes, the fact that functions in NTDLL issue a syscall instruction is a platform-specific implementation detail.