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Archived from the original on 2003-08-10. Note that the examples given there do not work as-is on modern Windows systems (post XP SP2) due to the changes Microsoft made to address the security issues present in the early SEH design. The examples still work on later versions of Windows if compiled with /link /safeseh:no.
After recompiling a kernel binary image from source code, a kernel panic while booting the resulting kernel is a common problem if the kernel was not correctly configured, compiled or installed. [8] Add-on hardware or malfunctioning RAM could also be sources of fatal kernel errors during start up, due to incompatibility with the OS or a missing ...
Windows Versions Description pointer FS:[0x00] GS:[0x00] Win9x and NT: Current Structured Exception Handling (SEH) frame Note: the 64-bit version of Windows uses stack unwinding done in kernel mode instead. pointer FS:[0x04] GS:[0x08] Win9x and NT Stack Base / Bottom of stack (high address) pointer FS:[0x08] GS:[0x10] Win9x and NT
Windows specific compiler support is also needed for Structured Exception Handling (SEH). This system serves two purposes: it provides a substrate on which language-specific exception handling can be implemented, and it is how the kernel notifies applications of exceptional conditions such as dereferencing an invalid pointer or stack overflow ...
A general protection fault (GPF) in the x86 instruction set architectures (ISAs) is a fault (a type of interrupt) initiated by ISA-defined protection mechanisms in response to an access violation caused by some running code, either in the kernel or a user program.
I/O completion is reported back to the I/O manager by passing its address to a routine for that purpose, IoCompleteRequest. The IRP may be repurposed as a special kernel APC object if such is required to report completion of the I/O to the requesting thread. IRPs are typically created by the I/O Manager in response to I/O requests from user mode.
All Windows NT family systems, 2000, XP, 2003, ... Kernel Mode Setting: DRM sched [70] DMA-BUF: No Windows NT kernel Dxgkrnl.sys VidPN Manager in Dxgkrnl.sys [71]
When an interrupt happens in protected (32-bit) mode, the x86 CPU will look in the TSS for SS0 and ESP0 and load their values into SS and ESP respectively. This allows for the kernel to use a different stack than the user program, and also have this stack be unique for each user program.