Windows Kernel Programming, Second Edition
Windows Kernel Programming, Second Edition
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
- Book Contents
- Sample Code
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Chapter 1: Windows Internals Overview
- Processes
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Virtual Memory
- Page States
- System Memory
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Threads
- Thread Stacks
- System Services (a.k.a. System Calls)
- General System Architecture
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Handles and Objects
- Object Names
- Accessing Existing Objects
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Chapter 2: Getting Started with Kernel Development
- Installing the Tools
- Creating a Driver Project
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The
DriverEntryand Unload Routines - Deploying the Driver
- Simple Tracing
- Summary
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Chapter 3: Kernel Programming Basics
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General Kernel Programming Guidelines
- Unhandled Exceptions
- Termination
- Function Return Values
- IRQL
- C++ Usage
- Testing and Debugging
- Debug vs. Release Builds
- The Kernel API
- Functions and Error Codes
- Strings
- Dynamic Memory Allocation
- Linked Lists
- The Driver Object
- Object Attributes
- Device Objects
- Opening Devices Directly
- Summary
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General Kernel Programming Guidelines
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Chapter 4: Driver from Start to Finish
- Introduction
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Driver Initialization
- Passing Information to the Driver
- Client / Driver Communication Protocol
- Creating the Device Object
- Client Code
- The Create and Close Dispatch Routines
- The Write Dispatch Routine
- Installing and Testing
- Summary
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Chapter 5: Debugging and Tracing
- Debugging Tools for Windows
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Introduction to WinDbg
- Tutorial: User mode debugging basics
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Kernel Debugging
- Local Kernel Debugging
- Local kernel Debugging Tutorial
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Full Kernel Debugging
- Using a Virtual Serial Port
- Using the Network
- Kernel Driver Debugging Tutorial
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Asserts and Tracing
- Asserts
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Extended
DbgPrint - Other Debugging Functions
- Trace Logging
- Viewing ETW Traces
- Summary
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Chapter 6: Kernel Mechanisms
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Interrupt Request Level (IRQL)
- Raising and Lowering IRQL
- Thread Priorities vs. IRQLs
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Deferred Procedure Calls
- Using DPC with a Timer
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Asynchronous Procedure Calls
- Critical Regions and Guarded Regions
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Structured Exception Handling
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Using
__try/__except -
Using
__try/__finally -
Using C++ RAII Instead of
__try/__finally
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Using
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System Crash
- Crash Dump Information
- Analyzing a Dump File
- System Hang
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Thread Synchronization
- Interlocked Operations
- Dispatcher Objects
- Mutex
- Fast Mutex
- Semaphore
- Event
- Named Events
- Executive Resource
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High IRQL Synchronization
- The Spin Lock
- Queued Spin Locks
- Work Items
- Summary
-
Interrupt Request Level (IRQL)
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Chapter 7: The I/O Request Packet
- Introduction to IRPs
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Device Nodes
- IRP Flow
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IRP and I/O Stack Location
- Viewing IRP Information
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Dispatch Routines
- Completing a Request
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Accessing User Buffers
- Buffered I/O
- Direct I/O
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User Buffers for
IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CONTROL
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Putting it All Together: The Zero Driver
- Using a Precompiled Header
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The
DriverEntryRoutine - The Create and Close Dispatch Routines
- The Read Dispatch Routine
- The Write Dispatch Routine
- Test Application
- Read/Write Statistics
- Summary
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Chapter 8: Advanced Programming Techniques (Part 1)
- Driver Created Threads
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Memory Management
- Pool Allocations
- Secure Pools
-
Overloading the
newanddeleteOperators - Lookaside Lists
- The “Classic” Lookaside API
- The Newer Lookaside API
- Calling Other Drivers
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Putting it All Together: The Melody Driver
- Client Code
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Invoking System Services
- Example: Enumerating Processes
- Summary
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Chapter 9: Process and Thread Notifications
- Process Notifications
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Implementing Process Notifications
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The
DriverEntryRoutine - Handling Process Exit Notifications
- Handling Process Create Notifications
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The
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Providing Data to User Mode
- The User Mode Client
- Thread Notifications
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Image Load Notifications
- Final Client Code
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Remote Thread Detection
- The Detector Client
- Summary
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Chapter 10: Object and Registry Notifications
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Object Notifications
- Pre-Operation Callback
- Post-Operation Callback
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The Process Protector Driver
- Object Notification Registration
- Managing Protected Processes
- The Pre-Callback
- The Client Application
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Registry Notifications
- Registry Overview
- Using Registry Notifications
- Handling Pre-Notifications
- Handling Post-Operations
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Extending the SysMon Driver
- Handling Registry Callback
- Modified Client Code
- Performance Considerations
- Miscellaenous Notes
- Summary
-
Object Notifications
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