Windows 10 System Programming, Part 1
Windows 10 System Programming, Part 1
About the Book
About the Author
Table of Contents
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Introduction
- Who Should Read This Book
- What You Should Know to Use This Book
- Sample Code
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Chapter 1: Foundations
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Windows Architecture Overview
- Processes
- Dynamic Link Libraries
- Virtual Memory
- Threads
- General System Architecture
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Windows Application Development
- Your First Application
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Working with Strings
- Strings in the C/C++ Runtime
- String Output Parameters
- Safe String Functions
- 32-bit vs. 64-bit Development
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Coding Conventions
- C++ Usage
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Handling API Errors
- Defining Custom Error Codes
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The Windows Version
- Getting the Windows Version
- Exercises
- Summary
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Windows Architecture Overview
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Chapter 2: Objects and Handles
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Kernel Objects
- Running a Single Instance Process
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Handles
- Pseudo Handles
- RAII for Handles
- Using WIL
- Creating Objects
- Object Names
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Sharing Kernel Objects
- Sharing by Name
- Sharing by Handle Duplication
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Private Object Namespaces
- Bonus: WIL Wrappers for Private Namespaces
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Other Objects and Handles
- User Objects
- GDI Objects
- Summary
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Kernel Objects
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Chapter 3: Processes
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Process Basics
- Processes in Process Explorer
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Process Creation
- The main Functions
- Process Environment Variables
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Creating Processes
- Handle Inheritance
- Process Drive Directories
- Process (and Thread) Attributes
- Protected and PPL Processes
- UWP Processes
- Minimal and Pico Processes
- Process Termination
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Enumerating Processes
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Using
EnumProcesses - Using the Toolhelp Functions
- Using the WTS Functions
- Using the Native API
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Using
- Exercises
- Summary
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Process Basics
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Chapter 4: Jobs
- Introduction to Jobs
- Creating Jobs
- Nested Jobs
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Querying Job Information
- Job Accounting Information
- Querying for Job Process List
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Setting Job Limits
- CPU Rate Limit
- User Interface Limits
- Job Notifications
- Silos
- Exercises
- Summary
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Chapter 5: Threads Basics
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Introduction
- Sockets, Cores, and Logical Processors
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Creating and Managing Threads
- The Primes Counter Application
- Running Primes Counter
- Terminating Threads
- A Thread’s Stack
- A Thread’s Name
- What About the C++ Standard Library?
- Exercises
- Summary
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Introduction
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Chapter 6: Thread Scheduling
- Priorities
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Scheduling Basics
- Single CPU Scheduling
- The Quantum
- Processor Groups
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Multiprocessor Scheduling
- Affinity
- CPU Sets vs. Hard Affinity
- System CPU Sets
- Revised Scheduling Algorithm
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Observing Scheduling
- General Scheduling
- Hard Affinity
- CPU Sets
- Background Mode
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Priority Boosts
- Completing I/O Operations
- Foreground Process
- GUI Thread Wakeup
- Starvation Avoidance
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Other Aspects of Scheduling
- Suspend and Resume
- Suspending and Resuming a Process
- Sleeping and Yielding
- Summary
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Chapter 7: Thread Synchronization (Intra-Process)
- Synchronization Basics
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Atomic Operations
- The Simple Increment Application
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The
InterlockedFamily of Functions
- Critical Sections
- Locks and RAII
- Deadlocks
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The MD5 Calculator Application
- Calculating MD5 Hash
- The Hash Cache
- Image Loads Notifications
- Event Parsing
- Putting it All Together
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Reader Writer Locks
- RAII Wrappers
- MD5 Calculator 2
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Condition Variables
- The Queue Demo Application
- Waiting on Address
- Synchronization Barriers
- What About the C++ Standard Library?
- Exercises
- Summary
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Chapter 8: Thread Synchronization (Inter-Process)
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Dispatcher Objects
- Succeeding a Wait
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The Mutex
- The Mutex Demo Application
- Abandoned Mutex
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The Semaphore
- The Queue Demo Application
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The Event
- Working with Events
- The Waitable Timer
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Other Wait Functions
- Waiting in Alertable State
- Waiting on GUI Threads
- Waiting for an Idle GUI Thread
- Signaling and Waiting Atomically
- Exercises
- Summary
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Dispatcher Objects
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Chapter 9: Thread Pools
- Why Use a Thread Pool?
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Thread Pool Work Callbacks
- The Simple Work Application
- Controlling a Work Item
- The MD5 Calculator Application
- Thread Pool Wait Callbacks
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Thread Pool Timer Callbacks
- The Simple Timer Sample
- Thread Pool I/O Callbacks
- Thread Pool Instance Operations
- The Callback Environment
- Private Thread Pools
- Cleanup Groups
- Exercises
- Summary
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Chapter 10: Advanced Threading
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Thread Local Storage
- Dynamic TLS
- Static TLS
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Remote Threads
- The Breakin Application
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Thread Enumeration
- The thlist Application
- Caches and Cache Lines
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Wait Chain Traversal
- The Deadlock Detector Application
- Asynchronous WCT Sessions
- User Mode Scheduling
- Init Once Initialization
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Debugging Multithreaded Applications
- Breakpoints
- Parallel Stacks
- Parallel Watch
- Thread Names
- Exercises
- Summary
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Thread Local Storage
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Chapter 11: File and Device I/O
- The I/O System
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The
CreateFileFunction- Working with Symbolic Links
- Path Length
- Directories
- Files
- Setting File Information
- Synchronous I/O
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Asynchronous I/O
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ReadFileExandWriteFileEx - Manually Queued APC
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I/O Completion Ports
- The Bulk Copy Application
- Using the Thread Pool for I/O Completion
- The Bulk Copy 2 Application
- I/O Cancellation
- Devices
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Pipes and Mailslots
- Pipes
- Transactional NTFS
- File Search and Enumeration
- NTFS Streams
- Summary
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Chapter 12: Memory Management Fundamentals
- Basic Concepts
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Process Address Space
- Page States
- Address Space Layout
- 32-bit Systems
- 64-bit Systems
- Address Space Usage
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Memory Counters
- Process Memory Counters
- Process Memory Map
- Page Protection
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Enumerating Address Space Regions
- The Simple VMMap Application
- More Address Space Information
- Sharing Memory
- Page Files
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WOW64
- WOW64 Redirections
- Virtual Address Translation
- Summary
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