| Debugging Tools for Windows |
The Disable paging of kernel stacks flag prevents paging of the kernel-mode stacks of inactive threads.
| Abbreviation | dps |
| Hexadecimal value | 0x80000 |
| Symbolic Name | FLG_DISABLE_PAGE_KERNEL_STACKS |
| Destination | System-wide registry entry |
Generally, the kernel-mode stack cannot be paged; it is guaranteed to be resident in memory. However, Windows occasionally pages the kernel stacks of inactive threads. This flag prevents these occurrences.
The kernel debugger can provide information about a thread only when its stack is in physical memory. This flag is particularly important when debugging deadlocks and in other cases when every thread must be tracked.