Hi again, I have been able to create a crash-dump with my problem using the <CrashOnCtrlScroll> method. When running my driver with verifier active, the freeze does not show up, I guess the timing being really tight is important to reproduce the effect (thats also the reason why my checked build will not freeze, but runs for hours and hours!) This time I held no locks whatsoever in my capture-path, no events arrived on my render-path during the test - still the system froze after a couple of seconds... After analyzing this dump, I think I found an issue in the way Windows XP handles IPortDMus::Notify and dispatching the DPCs to the capture-stream's service-group on SMP systems. (Possibly something to do with multiple locks being acquired in the wrong order???) I have found one similar topic here on the list from Art Edwards ("Driver-Verifier-Deadlock-on-x64-System), but he did not get any response.... So any pointers would be highly welcome ;-) Here is what windbg told me: ============================================================================ ===== 1: kd> !running -t System Processors 3 (affinity mask) Idle Processors 0 Prcbs Current Next 0 ffdff120 89568020 ................ ChildEBP RetAddr ba4cbdd8 ba19a7fb nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b ba4cbdf4 ba19a033 i8042prt!I8xProcessCrashDump+0x237 ba4cbe3c 805456e5 i8042prt!I8042KeyboardInterruptService+0x21c ba4cbe3c 806e785e nt!KiInterruptDispatch+0x45 ba4cbed0 b9815b22 hal!KfAcquireSpinLock+0x2e ba4cbee0 b9818bd1 portcls!CIrpStream::AcquireMappingIrp+0x12 ba4cbef8 b981a97c portcls!CIrpStream::GetPacketInfo+0x1b ba4cbf68 b981aba1 portcls!CPackerMXF::CheckIRPHeadTime+0x1a ba4cbf80 b981ac30 portcls!CPackerMXF::GetDestBuffer+0x10 ba4cbfa0 b9819b27 portcls!CPackerMXF::ProcessQueues+0x59 ba4cbfac b9819f20 portcls!CPortPinDMus::ServeCapture+0x37 ba4cbfb4 b98167bf portcls!CPortPinDMus::RequestService+0x26 ba4cbfcc 80545ebf portcls!CServiceGroup::ServiceDpc+0x2a ba4cbff4 80545a2b nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x61 ba4cbff8 acec2b98 nt!KiDispatchInterrupt+0x2b WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong. 80545a2b 00000000 0xacec2b98 1 ba338120 8a6f4b30 ................ ChildEBP RetAddr ba4dbfb8 b981679e nt!KefAcquireSpinLockAtDpcLevel+0x12 ba4dbfcc 80545ebf portcls!CServiceGroup::ServiceDpc+0x1a ba4dbff4 80545a2b nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x61 ba4dbff8 ba4fbb20 nt!KiDispatchInterrupt+0x2b WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong. 80545a2b 00000000 0xba4fbb20 ============================================================================ ========= 0: kd> !thread THREAD 89568020 Cid 1514.1574 Teb: 7ffd8000 Win32Thread: e26302e8 RUNNING on processor 0 IRP List: 89448ae8: (0006,0094) Flags: 00000a00 Mdl: 893cb008 Not impersonating DeviceMap e23604b0 Owning Process 0 Image: <Unknown> Attached Process 891289a0 Image: virtualMIDILast.exe Wait Start TickCount 35452 Ticks: 1205 (0:00:00:18.828) Context Switch Count 53473 LargeStack UserTime 00:00:00.046 KernelTime 00:00:00.062 Win32 Start Address 0x00403e20 Start Address 0x7c8106f9 Stack Init acec3000 Current acec2b88 Base acec3000 Limit acebf000 Call 0 Priority 13 BasePriority 8 PriorityDecrement 5 DecrementCount 16 ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child ba4cbdd8 ba19a7fb 000000e2 00000000 00000000 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b (FPO: [5,0,0]) ba4cbdf4 ba19a033 0069cd40 0133afc6 00000000 i8042prt!I8xProcessCrashDump+0x237 (FPO: [3,0,0]) ba4cbe3c 805456e5 8a1fd6f8 8a69cc88 00010008 i8042prt!I8042KeyboardInterruptService+0x21c (FPO: [Non-Fpo]) ba4cbe3c 806e785e 8a1fd6f8 8a69cc88 00010008 nt!KiInterruptDispatch+0x45 (FPO: [0,2] TrapFrame @ ba4cbe60) ba4cbed0 b9815b22 c0000001 89161368 ba4cbf10 hal!KfAcquireSpinLock+0x2e (FPO: [0,0,0]) ba4cbee0 b9818bd1 00000000 c0000001 897bba78 portcls!CIrpStream::AcquireMappingIrp+0x12 (FPO: [1,0,0]) ba4cbef8 b981a97c 89161368 ba4cbf10 00000000 portcls!CIrpStream::GetPacketInfo+0x1b (FPO: [3,0,4]) ba4cbf68 b981aba1 c0000001 892a2400 897bba78 portcls!CPackerMXF::CheckIRPHeadTime+0x1a (FPO: [0,22,4]) ba4cbf80 b981ac30 ba4cbf9c 899e057c 892a2400 portcls!CPackerMXF::GetDestBuffer+0x10 (FPO: [1,1,4]) ba4cbfa0 b9819b27 899e0578 899b3ed8 b9819f20 portcls!CPackerMXF::ProcessQueues+0x59 (FPO: [0,2,4]) ba4cbfac b9819f20 ba4cbfcc b98167bf 892a2408 portcls!CPortPinDMus::ServeCapture+0x37 (FPO: [0,0,0]) ba4cbfb4 b98167bf 892a2408 806e7427 ffdff000 portcls!CPortPinDMus::RequestService+0x26 (FPO: [1,0,0]) ba4cbfcc 80545ebf 899e0558 899e0548 00000000 portcls!CServiceGroup::ServiceDpc+0x2a (FPO: [4,0,0]) ba4cbff4 80545a2b acec2b98 00000000 00000000 nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x61 (FPO: [0,1,0]) ba4cbff8 acec2b98 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiDispatchInterrupt+0x2b (FPO: [Uses EBP] [0,0,1]) WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong. 80545a2b 00000000 00000009 0081850f bb830000 0xacec2b98 ============================================================================ ========= 1: kd> !thread THREAD 8a6f4b30 Cid 0004.002c Teb: 00000000 Win32Thread: 00000000 RUNNING on processor 1 IRP List: 892da5f0: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 891577d0 89324cd8: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 8939a258 892be8f0: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 891560a0 899d6a70: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 893902c8 89371b50: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 893bb658 8931c768: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 891ae4b0 89137cd8: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 891a9208 8914ae20: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 89f95cd8 892a1660: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 892908f0 89287678: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 8952a9b0 891af4e0: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 89238d98 891a8338: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 894af008 892e2cd8: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 892c68e0 891a8a60: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 891456b8 8920c678: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 89397770 8921cb78: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 89154360 8922d870: (0006,0190) Flags: 00000000 Mdl: 8a6a6798 Not impersonating DeviceMap e1000130 Owning Process 0 Image: <Unknown> Attached Process 8a6f69c8 Image: System Wait Start TickCount 35452 Ticks: 1205 (0:00:00:18.828) Context Switch Count 18280 UserTime 00:00:00.000 KernelTime 00:00:00.156 Start Address nt!ExpWorkerThread (0x805386ae) Stack Init ba4fc000 Current ba4fbb10 Base ba4fc000 Limit ba4f9000 Call 0 Priority 12 BasePriority 12 PriorityDecrement 0 DecrementCount 0 ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child ba4dbfb8 b981679e 806e7427 ba338000 ba3389c0 nt!KefAcquireSpinLockAtDpcLevel+0x12 (FPO: [0,0,0]) ba4dbfcc 80545ebf 899e0558 899e0548 00000000 portcls!CServiceGroup::ServiceDpc+0x1a (FPO: [4,0,0]) ba4dbff4 80545a2b ba4fbb20 00000000 00000000 nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x61 (FPO: [0,1,0]) ba4dbff8 ba4fbb20 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiDispatchInterrupt+0x2b (FPO: [Uses EBP] [0,0,1]) WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong. 80545a2b 00000000 00000009 0081850f bb830000 0xba4fbb20 ****************** WDMAUDIODEV addresses: Post message: mailto:wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe Unsubscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Moderator: mailto:wdmaudiodev-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx URL to WDMAUDIODEV page: http://www.wdmaudiodev.com/