Microsoft KB Archive/838841

= A call to the RasHangup function may never return =

Article ID: 838841

Article Last Modified on 5/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2

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For a Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.1 version of this article, see 825754.



SYMPTOMS
A call to the RasHangup function on a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) connection may stop responding after successfully completing several connection and disconnection cycles.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because a race condition exists when decrementing the call status flag. This race condition causes a deadlock.



Hotfix Information
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 4.20 Core OS QFE 838841. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

837392 How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products

Prerequisites
This fix is supported only when all previously issued fixes for this product have also been installed.

Restart Requirement
After you install this update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform.

To clean the platform, click Clean on the Build menu. To build the platform, click Build Platform on the Build menu.

Hotfix Replacement Information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File Information
The English version of this package has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --

Path: Signed 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419       1,043,192  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-armv4.exe 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419       1,043,192  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-armv4i.exe 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419       1,071,864  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-mipsii.exe 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419       1,071,864  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-mipsii_fp.exe 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419       1,075,960  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-mipsiv.exe 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419       1,075,960  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-mipsiv_fp.exe 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419       1,035,000  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-sh3.exe 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419       1,030,904  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-sh4.exe 20-Apr-2004 00:32  4.2.4.419         994,040  Wincepb42-040419-kb838841-x86.exe The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    315,554  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    633,246  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    152,258  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    294,802  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    110,592  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    315,836  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    633,802  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    152,302  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    295,192  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    110,592  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    328,756  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    654,510  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    157,966  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    307,670  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    328,778  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    654,584  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    158,006  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    307,710  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    330,632  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    658,154  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    158,306  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    308,940  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:20                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    330,654  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    658,228  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    158,346  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    308,982  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    281,456  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    110,592  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    573,840  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    143,700  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    282,374  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    281,356  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    573,666  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    143,340  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    281,626  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:21                    110,592  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\X86\Debug 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    279,462  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    567,686  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    118,784  Raspptp.pdb

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\X86\Retail 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    134,334  Pptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    102,400  Pptp.pdb 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    261,808  Raspptp.lib 16-Apr-2004 19:19                    110,592  Raspptp.pdb



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB838841

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