What possible use are those extra bits in kernel handles? Part 1: Sentinels

Kernel handles are always a multiple of four ; the bottom two bits are available for applications to use. But why would an application need those bits anyway? The short answer is extending the handle namespace . The long answer will take a few days to Read More......(read more)

Written by The Old New Thing : Code on August 27th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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