ntdll: Implement NtLoadKey

[Alexandre Julliard]

James Hawkins <truiken at gmail.com> writes:

> There are a couple reasons why I chose to add a new request instead of
> use load_registry.  mount_key was written with the restriction that a
> key can only be loaded under HKLM or HKU, while load_registry
> (internally) loads a key anywhere.  While load_registry wouldn't be
> called anymore, I thought that it still might be needed...but I agree
> this isn't a very strong reason to make a new request.  load_registry
> requires that the requested key be created and sent in as a parameter.
>  I think requiring NtLoadKey to create the key is mislocating
> functionality.  NtLoadKey's job is to make the server request with the
> information provided, and mount_key should create the key.  The only
> way I can think of modifying load_registry to fit the functionality of
> RegLoadKey/NtLoadKey is to add a char *subkey param to load_registry
> and then put the tests and create_key in load_registry, but by then
> we've just renamed mount_key to load_registry and gotten rid of the
> old load_registry.  Let me know what is the best route to take for
> this circumstance.

load_registry already has the subkey name. The fact that the key is
also created on the client side is just a temporary hack that can be
removed.

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Alexandre Julliard
julliard at winehq.org