How to fix KernelCalls failure in HLK test

Baowen Zheng 25

Hi windows:

we are working on a NIC mimiport driver HLK tests in OS of windows server 2016.

when running HLK tests with the case name as 1c_KernelCalls, we get the failure as:

Variation #5 Verifying calls made to NTOSKRNL.EXE

This comparison with NTOSKRNL.EXE is safe

FAILED: [20944] Failed on function call to IoGetDmaAdapter in module NTOSKRNL.EXE! Do not use this call.

dose that means we can not use the API of IoGetDmaAdapter to create an DMA adapter?

since it is recommanded in the windows sample code, so we are confused.

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Limitless Technology 44,221 Reputation points

2023-03-14T14:38:16.6+00:00

Hello there,

Have you linked ntstrsafe.lib in your driver ?

Disassemble your driver to discover why DbgPrint is still referenced. The import stub was pulled in by something during the link operation. Perhaps you are linking a library that references DbgPrint() or a header file with a static/inline references it?

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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Baowen Zheng 25 Reputation points

2023-03-15T00:42:26.5066667+00:00

thanks for your reply.

but our problem is not using function of DbgPrint, we have erase the usage of DbgPrint and DbgPrintEx. currently, our issue is the function calll of IoGetDmaAdapter. could you give us some instructions on this issue?

EpsilonAZTR1X 5 Reputation points

2023-03-15T00:50:38.69+00:00

With regards to the IoGetDmaAdapter function call, it could be that the HLK test is failing because the IoGetDmaAdapter function is deprecated and should not be used in new code.

Instead, use DMA API functions provided in the WDK, such as WdfDmaEnablerCreate and WdfDmaTransactionInitialize. These functions are safer to use and provide better performance than the deprecated IoGetDmaAdapter function.

Baowen Zheng 25 Reputation points

2023-03-15T02:57:56.98+00:00

thanks for your reply. about the "IoGetDmaAdapter function is deprecated", why i can not find any reference in the public official documents? and it is used in the Microsoft NDIS sample code.

could you please provide a link to describe this and also similar functions then we can avoid the same issue.
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