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how can ntdll.dll call functions in kernel mode

Joel

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3rd Nov 2006

applications written in user mode can't call code in kernel mode,
which is why ntdll.dll is used indirectly to call native api functions.
But ntdll.dll itself is in user mode, how is this possible?

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