> Also, since the setup of the reparse header is such an underdocumented
> nightmare, please add as much commentary as possible around the choice
> of allocations & offsets.
I'll try. It might turn into a novel.
> (BTW I'm not convinced that the PyMem change was the problem since
> the PyMem_Raw* functions simply hand off to malloc/free unless
> there's a custom allocator.
> Unless of course the missing memset-0 was significant here).
I think it might be, there was a message in the log that DeviceIoControl failed:
stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
That could be attributed to garbage in the buffer.
I'll be back with a revised patch, and we can work from there. Thanks for your help!