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Windows Kernel Internals Advance Virtual Memory

David B. Probert, Ph.D. Windows Kernel Development Microsoft Corporation


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Solomon & Russinovich

Shared Memory Data Structures

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PFN: Working Set Page

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PFN: Free Page

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PFN: Standby Page

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PFN: Transition page

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PFN Fields
PteAddress: VA of PTE referencing page RefCount: count of WS or IO locks OriginalPte: PTE to restore on soft-fault PteFrame: PageFrame for PteAddress Flags:
Modified : 1 ReadInProgress : 1 WriteInProgress : 1 PrototypePte: 1 PageColor : 4 PageLocation : 3 RemovalRequested : 1 CacheAttribute : 2
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Page Table Entries


Some fields defined by hardware Six PTE states:
Active/valid Transition Modified-no-write Demand zero Page file Mapped file
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Valid x86 Hardware PTEs


Reserved Global Dirty Accessed Cache disabled Write through Owner Write

Pageframe
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R R R G R D A Cd Wt O W 1
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
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x86 Invalid PTEs


Page file
Page file offset 0
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Transition Prototype Protection


5 4

PFN

0
1 0

Transition
Page file offset 1
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Transition Prototype Protection HW ctrl 0


5 4 1 0

Cache disable Write through Owner Microsoft Corporation Write

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x86 Invalid PTEs


Demand zero:
PFN Page file PTE with zero offset and

Unknown:

PTE is completely zero or Page Table doesnt exist yet. Examine VADs.

Pointer to Prototype PTE


pPte bits 7-27
31 12 11 10 9 8 7
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pPte bits 0-6


5 4

0
1 0
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MMPAGING_FILE
PFN_NUMBER Size, MaxSize, MinSize, FreeSpace, CurrUsage, PeekUsage, HighestPage pFileObject ModWriterMdlEntries[] pPageFileName pAllocationBitmap Flags:
PageFileNumber, RefCount, BootPart
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MMSUPPORT
// embedded in EPROCESS WorkingSetExpEntry[2] LastTrimTime Flags PageFaultCount, PeakWorkingSetSize, GrowthSinceLastEstimate MinimumWorkingSetSize, MaximumWorkingSetSize pVmWorkingSetList WSLE_NUMBER Claim, NextEstimationSlot, NextAgingSlot, EstimatedAvailable, WorkingSetSize

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MMADDRESS_NODE
pParent, pLeft, pRight StartingVpn, EndingVpn

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MMVAD
MMADDRESS_NODE AddressTreeNode pControlArea pFirstProtoPte pLastContigPte Flags:
CommitCharge, PhysMap, ImageMap, Awe, Prot, MemCommit, Private, LargePages, WriteWatch, NoChange, FileOffset64k, SecNoChange, ReadOnly, Extendable, Inherit, CopyOnWrite
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CONTROL_AREA
pSegment DereferenceListEntry[2] nSectRefs, nPfnRefs, nMapViews, nCacheViews, nUserRefs nModWrites, nFlushesActive, Flags pFileObject iPfnBase Subsections[]
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SUBSECTION
pControlArea Flags:
ReadOnly, ReadWrite, SubsectionStatic, GlobalMemory, Protection, StartingSector, SectorEndOffset

StartingSector nFullSectors pSubsectBasePtes nUnusedPtes nPtesInSubsection pNextSubsection nMappedViews


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SECTION
MMADDRESS_NODE AddressTreeNode pSegment Size InitialPageProt Flags:
BeingDeleted, BeingCreated, BeingPurged, NoModifiedWriting, FailAllIo, Image, Based, File, Networked, NoCache, PhysicalMemory, CopyOnWrite, Commit, FloppyMedia, WasPurged, UserReference, GlobalMemory, DeleteOnClose, FilePointerNull, DebugSymbolsLoaded, SetMappedFileIoComplete, CollidedFlush, NoChange, HadUserReference, ImageMappedInSystemSpace, UserWritable, Accessed, GlobalOnlyPerSession, Rom
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SEGMENT
pControlArea nPtes nWritableUserRefs Size PteTemplate nCommittedPages Flags BasedAddress PrototypePte ProtoPtes[]
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Discussion

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