PREfast Warning 252 (Windows CE 5.0)

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252 - Untagged pool allocation.
Consequence: Interferes with debugging.

This warning is specific to Windows NT kernel-mode code.

This warning indicates that all pool allocations should use tags to assist debugging memory leaks and pool corrupting events.

For example, a call to ExAllocatePool should be changes to a call to ExAllocatePoolWithTag. Similarly, a call to ExAllocatePoolWithQuota should be changed to a call to ExAllocatePoolWithQuotaTag.

Example

Defective Source

ExAllocatePool(0,
               512);

Corrected Source

ExAllocatePoolWithTag(0,
                      512,
                      'kael');

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