Re: [PATCH 0/2] MR9595: cmd: Reparse support.

[Elizabeth Figura (＠zfigura)]

> is the use of ntdll APIs mandatory?

Use of RtlDosPathNameToNtPathName_U_WithStatus() is necessary. NtDeviceIoControlFile() could be replaced with DeviceIoControl(). NtCreateFile() is used because otherwise we would have to unnecessarily create a directory and then open it in two separate steps.
> I'd rather stick to kernel* if possible

Why?