SMP Developer Tips

This section describes how SMP works and provides you with information on how to troubleshoot some problems you may have. This includes problems with driver closure ordering and how memory is shared between threads in a process

• SMP Troubleshooting Guide
  This document describes a few common error patterns to help you identify and correct some of the problems you may have in writing SMP-safe code.
• Common Error Patterns - Execution Order
  Describes a few common error patterns based on thread priority and multiple active threads in an SMP environment.
• Common Error Patterns - Case Studies
  Describes a few common error patterns that were found while testing code designed for use in an SMP environment.
• Passing Stack Or Temporary Variables to an Asynchronous Service
  This document describes porting problems related to asynchronous services.
• Thread Priority and Delayed Cancellation
  This document describes problems caused due to delayed cancellation of threads.