Re: [PATCH 0/2] MR7: Draft: ntdll: Properly track refcount with forwarded exports.

[Jinoh Kang (＠iamahuman)]

On Tue Oct 18 15:32:53 2022 +0000, Jinoh Kang wrote:
> Also note that the forward[1-3] DLLs are exactly designed to test
> transitively forwarded exports.

Correction:

The importer DLL references not only the final DLL but also every intermediate DLL in the forward chain.  Intermediate DLLs do not gain any new dependencies, even if they are used in the resolution process of forwarded exports. Only the earliest import DLLs gain dependencies.