Wednesday, February 01, 2012

BCD

You can change your BCD configuration (parameters used by bootmgr, boot applications, and winload) by BCDedit in command line or editing the registry (if not changeable by BCDedit)

1 Show all entries in a BCD store
bcdedit -enum all

2 Enable debug
bcdedit -bootdebug {bootmgr} on  //enable debugging of Windows Boot Manager
bcdedit -bootdebug on            //enable debugging of boot loader
Bcdedit -debug on                //enable debugging of operating system

3 Enable bootlog (cause windows to write a log of the boot to %SystemRoot%\Ntbtlog.txt In your VM, edit registry (HKLV\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\) Change value of "SystemStartOptions" 4 Turn off driver verification
bcdedit -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON


configure for other BCD files

(1) check the for "Windows Boot Loader"
bcdedit /store c:\winpe_amd64\ISO\boot\BCD -enum all
(2) turn the debug option on (see output in WinDbg), is sth like {7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} in your "Windows Boot Loader" session
bcdedit /store c:\winpe_amd64\ISO\boot\BCD -set  debug on
(3) turn the bootdebug option on (break in WinDbg during boot), is sth like {7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} in your "Windows Boot Loader" session
bcdedit /store c:\winpe_amd64\ISO\boot\BCD -set  bootdebug on
Boot Options in Windows Vista and Later: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff542273(v=vs.85).aspx BCD Boot Options Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff542205(v=vs.85).aspx

Sunday, January 29, 2012

WinSock Kernel

Winsock Kernel http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff571084(v=vs.85).aspx Sample code: http://www.rohitab.com/discuss/topic/37876-winsock-kernel/ http://hi.baidu.com/kernelkit/blog/item/e8a93060e1ad6a41eaf8f856.html

Monday, January 02, 2012

[Linux]静态库,动态库

.o, .a, .so 这些的区别
Static, Shared Dynamic and Loadable Linux Libraries
Shared libraries and static libraries
Creating a shared and static library with the gnu compiler [gcc]

创建静态库(.a)
比如为了把foo1.o, foo2.o这两个obj文件打包成一个静态库叫做foo.a
$ gcc -Wall -c foo1.c foo2.c
$ ar -cvq libfoo.a foo1.o foo2.o
创建动态库(.so)
首先用-fPIC选项告诉gcc生成position independant code的.o文件
$ gcc -Wall -fPIC -c foo1.c foo2.c
接着使用-shared选项生成.so文件
$ gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libfoo.so.1 -o libfoo.so.1.0.1  foo1.o foo2.o
使用库(.a,.so)
假设生成的libfoo.a或者libfoo.so都在/path/to/libfoo这个路径下,可以通过"-L/path/to/libfoo"这个选项告诉gcc去这个路径下去寻找需要的库.此外再通过-lfoo这个选项告诉gcc去寻找libfoo.a或者libfoo.so.
$ gcc -Wall -L/path/to/libfoo your-program.c -lfoo -o your-program
默认情况下/usr/lib, /usr/local/lib这个几个路径一般会被首先查找.如果需要gcc去其他默认路径下查找(比如/path/to/libfoo),也可以通过把/path/to/libfoo添加LD_LIBRARY_PATH环境变量中
强制使用静态库(.a)
如果在/path/to/libfoo下同时存在libfoo.a和libfoo.so, libfoo.so会被优先使用.可以用-static选项强制gcc避免使用动态库
$ gcc -Wall -static -L/path/to/libfoo your-program.c -lfoo -o your-program
libtool
configure关于静态动态库的参数
  • --enable-shared: 编译动态库(默认为yes)
  • --enable-static: 编译静态库(默认为no)
有时"--enable-static"会以尝试静态的方式编译所有dependent的库,产生undefined reference这样的错误.
$ ./configure --enable-static
warning: Using 'dlopen' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.a(c_zlib.o): In function `bio_zlib_free':
(.text+0x4f): undefined reference to `inflateEnd'
可以以--enable-static=libfoo这样的方式指定gcc只以static的方式编译libfoo.其他依赖的库还是以默认的shared方式编译(http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_85.html)
$ ./configure --enable-static=libfoo
libtool在link模式下有选项:
  • -shared
  • -static
  • -all-static

Thursday, December 29, 2011

[Linux/Mac]给一个文件/目录加密

如果你像我一样越来越依赖类似Dropbox这样的云端存储工具来同步几台不同的机器上的数据,同时又担心放上去了重要的文件可能会被偷窥或者担心泄露,那么你可以考虑像我一样,加密你在Dropbox上的文件以及目录。这样你既可以享受Dropbox带来的自动同步的好处,又减小对Dropbox安全性的依赖.
使用encfs加密目录

Step0: 安装encfs:
在Ubuntu上
$ sudo apt-get install encfs
在Mac上如果你使用home brew(推荐!)
$ brew install encfs
或者还在使用古老的mac port
$ sudo port install encfs

Step1: 使用encfs:
首先建立一个叫~/Dropbox/Encrypted的目录。这个目录暂时还没有任何数据,但是以后你的加密过的数据和文件就会存放在这里。由于这个目录在Dropbox下,所以它会被自动同步到你的各个机器上。
然后再建立一个叫~/ToBeEncrypted的目录。这个目录将会作为一个mount point。
将Encrypted通过encfs而mount到ToBeEncrypted:
$ encfs ~/Dropbox/Encrypted ~/ToBeEncrypted
Creating new encrypted volume.
Please choose from one of the following options:
 enter "x" for expert configuration mode,
 enter "p" for pre-configured paranoia mode,
 anything else, or an empty line will select standard mode.
?> p
这里选择p 然后输入密码。这样你就创建了一个用此密码加密的volume,并且mount在了~/ToBeEncrypted这里
Step2: 把你需要加密的数据(文件或者目录都可以)copy或者move到~/ToBeEncrypted目录下:
比如我们要把一个叫MyTopSecret.txt的文件放入加密后的目录
$ mv MyTopSecret.txt ~/ToBeEncrypted
你会看见在~/Dropbox/Encrypted这个目录下,也会出现一个文件,但是是被加密过后的。
Step3: 拷贝完毕后,unmount含有未加密数据的目录
$ fusermount -u ~/ToBeEncrypted

Step4: 再次mount加密过的目录
$ encfs ~/Dropbox/Encrypted ~/ToBeEncrypted
输入密码后,那些加密过的文件就会再次以加密前的模样出现再~/ToBeEncrypted这里
使用vi加密单个文件

在encfs的基础上,你还可以再用vim给文件设置一层密码
加密码
$ vim -x filename
更换密码:
$ vim +X filename

Ref

File Encryption in Linux

Saturday, December 03, 2011

[占坑贴] Scala笔记

尽量简单的说,啥是Scala

在某种意义上,Scala是一种与Java平行的语言.它的源代码被编译成Java的bytecode,运行于Java虚拟机之上.正因为在JVM级是兼容的,Scala里可以调用Java的库. 这是用Scala写的HelloWorld程序
object HelloWorld extends App {
   println("Hello, world!")
}


那Scala和Java比有啥不一样的地方?

Scala这个语言的设计初衷是融合面向对象(OO)的设计思想(以C++,Java,Object C为代表)和函数式编程(functional programming)的思想(以Lisp,Haskell,ML为代表). Scala的设计优美的融合了这两种截然不同的风格.以quick sort为例,大家可以看一下Scala如何分别用普通的C风格和Haskell风格来实现:
def sort(xs: Array[Int]) {
  def swap(i: Int, j: Int) {
    val t = xs(i); xs(i) = xs(j); xs(j) = t
  }
  def sort1(l: Int, r: Int) {
    val pivot = xs((l + r) / 2)
    var i = l; var j = r
    while (i <= j) {
    while (xs(i) < pivot) i += 1
    while (xs(j) > pivot) j -= 1
    if (i <= j) {
      swap(i, j)
      i += 1
      j -= 1
    }
  }
  if (l < j) sort1(l, j)
  if (j < r) sort1(i, r)
}
sort1(0, xs.length - 1)
}
或者像Haskell那样写的:
def sort(xs: Array[Int]): Array[Int] = {
  if (xs.length <= 1) xs
  else {
    val pivot = xs(xs.length / 2)
    Array.concat(
      sort(xs filter (pivot >)),
      xs filter (pivot ==),
      sort(xs filter (pivot <)))
  }
}

支持Functional Programming有啥好处呢?

Functional programming language有着简洁,强大的表达能力,容易帮你写出bug-free的代码.另外在并行性上也有着优势。 比如在传说中那间以青年导师李开复老师为校长的CS四大牛校之一的CMU,大一新生首先学习Functional programming而不是传统的面向对象
具体到Scala,它支持如下几个Functional Programming的特性:
  • higher-order function(高阶函数)
  • anonymous function(匿名函数)
  • nested function()
  • curry(柯里化)
而有了对这几个特性的支持,Scala可以宣布自己支持First-class function。也就是说,函数是first-class citizen。注意这四个特性在Java中是不被支持的。

啥是Higher-order function

其定义是说函数本身可以作为其他函数的参数,或者返回值,或者赋值给一个变量。总而言之.
如果一个函数的参数可以为其他函数,那么这个函数被成为Higher-order function(高阶函数). C和Python都支持Higher-order function,但是Java本身是不支持的.一个Python的例子:
def f(x):
    return x + 3
 
def g(function, x):
    return function(x) * function(x)
 
print g(f, 7)
分别用Java和Scala来完成Wordcount这个经典的MapReduce应用: http://www.scala-blogs.org/2008/09/scalable-language-and-scalable.html 我们可以看到Scala的代码比Java的代码简介许多.
参考

Scala的官方网站: http://www.scala-lang.org/
一个不错的scala学习网站: http://www.simplyscala.com/
Scala by examples
A Tour of Scala

Monday, November 21, 2011

typical IO latency:


L1 cache: ~2 cpu cycle
L2 cache: ~20 cpu cycle
DDR3: ~10 ns
DDR2: ~15 ns
RDMA: < 1 us
infiniband: ~ 1 us
flash
  • read: ~50 us
  • write: ~ 15 - 80 us
eithernet: ~0.2 ms
HDD:
  • Average latency ~4ms
  • Random read seek ~10ms
  • Random write seek ~10ms
Internet: ~5-500 ms


Another source from http://blog.mixu.net/2011/02/01/understanding-the-node-js-event-loop/


Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_latency
Scalable High Performance Main Memory System Using PCM Technology"
http://www.fusionio.com/platforms/iodrive2/
http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/index.htm

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

live with gnome-shell

开始使用gnome-shell了(被逼的).默认配置有诸多不爽之处(对我来说),记录一下:

1 窗口没有最小化按钮了,虽然你可以在窗口顶栏右键,但我很不习惯.
sol: $gconf-editor
然后把"/desktop/gnome/shell/windows/button_layout" 改成":minimize,maximize,close" (默认是":close")

ref: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/how-to-add-minimize-and-maximize.html

2 没有任务栏了
解决中...

Sunday, October 02, 2011

Currying in ML, Python, Javascript

ML

以SMLNJ为例.
- fun sum x y = x + y;
val sum = fn : int -> int -> int
- val sum2 = sum 2;
val sum2 = fn : int -> int
- sum2 10;
val it = 12 : int

Python

可以使用functools来实现curry
>>>from functools import partial
>>>def sum(x,y): return x + y
>>>sum2 = partial(sum, 2)
>>>sum2
<functools.partial object at 0x1f2de0>
>>>sum2(10)
12

JavaScript

http://www.svendtofte.com/code/curried_javascript/

Friday, September 16, 2011

Cacheline prefetch

_mm_prefetch是一条SSE的指令.用于指导CPU如何去预取内存中的数据. 具体在C/C++代码里, 先需要#include <xmmintrin.h> 可以使用:

void _mm_prefetch(char * p , int i );
p为要预取数据的内存地址, i可以为_MM_HINT_T0, _MM_HINT_T1, _MM_HINT_T2, 或者 _MM_HINT_NTA中的一个. 他们的区别为:
  • PREFETCHT0 (T0): prefetch数据到所有级别cache, 包括L0 cache
  • PREFETCHT1 (T1): prefetch数据到所有级别cache, 但是除去L0 cache
  • PREFETCHT2 (T2): prefetch数据到所有级别cache, 但是除去L0和L1 cache
  • PREFETCHNTA: 将给定内存地址的数据prefetch到L2 cache的某个特定column上,这样如果这个内存地址的数据只是一次性的使用,就不会导致其他有用的cacheline被替换出cache. 好处是可以可以防止non-temporal 数据污染cache

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

static关键字在C/C++中的N种用法

static是C/C++中最让人抓狂的关键字,因为这个关键字被重载了太多不同的用法.要我说这就是C/C++这些语言设计崩坏的地方.

用法1:
在C中,如果用static修饰一个函数或者全局变量,那么这个函数或者变量仅仅为这个module中其他函数所见.所谓module就是这个C源文件的意思.这种用法实际上相当于Java或者C++中用private去修饰一个成员变量.这种用法下尽可能的使用static被认为是C程序员的良好习惯 -- C从设计上就对namespace问题苦手.

用法2:
在C++中,被static修饰的成员函数被称为静态成员函数.这种静态成员函数可以被"类名::函数名"来调用.

用法3:
C/C++中, 一个局部变量的声明如果被static修饰,那么该变量实际上不在运行栈上随着函数的调用和返回生灭,而是有一个全局的备份.换言之,这个变量类似于一个全局变量.  

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

[Windows]windbg kernel debugging

debugging virtual machine using windbg:
http://www.ndis.com/ndis-debugging/virtual/vmwaresetup.htm


    Steps:
  1. (One time) On host machine, install WinDbg
  2. On the target machine (i.e., the VM running on HyperV), ran following in cmd:
    bcdedit -debug on
    bcdedit -dbgsettings serial debugport:1 baudrate:115200
  3. In HyperV’s control panel, open the settings for the VM.  Under COM1, add a Named Pipe called “MyVIrtualCom1”.
  4. Create a shortcut for windbg on host machine, make it run as administrator (otherwise, you can not access the com). The command to run windbg is something like:
  5. C:\Debuggers\windbg.exe -y SRV*C:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols -k com:port=\\.\pipe\MyVirtualCom1,pipe,resets=0,reconnect

Thursday, July 14, 2011

dumpbin: 查看binary文件所需要的symbols
VC自带的工具.
dumpbin /imports foo.sys

Friday, June 17, 2011

[Windows]dbg

cheating sheet ntsd: user mode debugger
kd: kernel mode debugger
windbg: GUI wrapp for ntsd and kd

最基本命令
.hh: 查看help
k: show call stack
r: show register
Q: quit dbg
bp: set breakpoint
  • bp foo!main
  • bp `source.c:31`
  • ba: set data breakpoint

p: step
pc: step to next call


kb: Dump the stack with Params
kn: Dump the stack with Frame #
kd: Dump stack dissassembly
~#s: Change to thread (Example: ~3s)
dd # - Dump the data (Example: dd 01f056548)
bl: list breakpoints
bd: disable breakpoint
bc: remove breakpoint
lm: system modules
x foo!*: 查看所有module foo的symbol
.sympath: 查看当前sympath
!sympath+“\\your_computer\path\to\your\pdb”: 添加路径到sympath中
!sym noisy/quiet: Generate verbose output from symbol loader
.srcpath: 查看当前srcpath
!srcpath+"\\your_computer\path\to\your\pdb": 添加路径到srcpath中



Kernel Mode Extension
!symfix: 碰到说nt symbols are incorrect please fix的时候运行
!reload: 重新读入symbols 包括kernel symbols, private symbols, user symbols.
!reload foo.sys: 重新读入foo.sys这个driver的symbols
!process: 查看所有进程
!process 0 0 myprocess.exe: 查看叫myprocess.exe的进程
!thread: 查看所有线程
!driveinfo: 驱动信息
!irp: IRP
!irpfind


读取symbol
!symfix
!reload
Connected to Windows 7 7601 x64 target at (Tue Jun 21 13:22:28.221 2011 (UTC - 7:00)), ptr64 TRUE
Loading Kernel Symbols
...............................................................
................................................................
............................
Loading User Symbols
................................................................
.........................
Loading unloaded module list
..........
显示driver object (比如kbdclass)
!drvobj kbdclass
Driver object (fffffa8007370870) is for:
 \Driver\kbdclass
Driver Extension List: (id , addr)
显示driver object (比如kbdclass)的dispatch routines
!drvobj kbdclass 7
Driver object (fffffa8007370870) is for:
 \Driver\kbdclass
Driver Extension List: (id , addr)

Device Object list:
fffffa8007a31ce0  fffffa800743d6c0  

DriverEntry:   fffff8800440becc kbdclass!GsDriverEntry
DriverStartIo: 00000000 
DriverUnload:  00000000 
AddDevice:     fffff880044083b4 kbdclass!KeyboardAddDevice

Dispatch routines:
[00] IRP_MJ_CREATE                      fffff88004401dd4 kbdclass!KeyboardClassCreate
[01] IRP_MJ_CREATE_NAMED_PIPE           fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[02] IRP_MJ_CLOSE                       fffff8800440217c kbdclass!KeyboardClassClose
[03] IRP_MJ_READ                        fffff88004402804 kbdclass!KeyboardClassRead
[04] IRP_MJ_WRITE                       fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[05] IRP_MJ_QUERY_INFORMATION           fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[06] IRP_MJ_SET_INFORMATION             fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[07] IRP_MJ_QUERY_EA                    fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[08] IRP_MJ_SET_EA                      fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[09] IRP_MJ_FLUSH_BUFFERS               fffff88004401ce0 kbdclass!KeyboardClassFlush
[0a] IRP_MJ_QUERY_VOLUME_INFORMATION    fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[0b] IRP_MJ_SET_VOLUME_INFORMATION      fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[0c] IRP_MJ_DIRECTORY_CONTROL           fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[0d] IRP_MJ_FILE_SYSTEM_CONTROL         fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[0e] IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CONTROL              fffff88004408a40 kbdclass!KeyboardClassDeviceControl
[0f] IRP_MJ_INTERNAL_DEVICE_CONTROL     fffff880044082b4 kbdclass!KeyboardClassPassThrough
[10] IRP_MJ_SHUTDOWN                    fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[11] IRP_MJ_LOCK_CONTROL                fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[12] IRP_MJ_CLEANUP                     fffff88004401afc kbdclass!KeyboardClassCleanup
[13] IRP_MJ_CREATE_MAILSLOT             fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[14] IRP_MJ_QUERY_SECURITY              fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[15] IRP_MJ_SET_SECURITY                fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[16] IRP_MJ_POWER                       fffff88004409fd4 kbdclass!KeyboardClassPower
[17] IRP_MJ_SYSTEM_CONTROL              fffff8800440a364 kbdclass!KeyboardClassSystemControl
[18] IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CHANGE               fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[19] IRP_MJ_QUERY_QUOTA                 fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[1a] IRP_MJ_SET_QUOTA                   fffff800034b58ac nt!IopInvalidDeviceRequest
[1b] IRP_MJ_PNP                         fffff88004403368 kbdclass!KeyboardPnP

列出当前所有irp
!irpfind

Scanning large pool allocation table for Tag: Irp? (fffffa8005481000 : fffffa8005781000)

  Irp    [ Thread ] irpStack: (Mj,Mn)   DevObj  [Driver]         MDL Process
fffffa8007375930 [00000000] Irp is complete (CurrentLocation 4 > StackCount 3)
fffffa8004f19520 [00000000] Irp is complete (CurrentLocation 2 > StackCount 1) 0x0000000000000000
fffffa8007dcfe10 [fffffa80081438f0] irpStack: ( e,2d)  fffffa8006e6eb10 [ \Driver\AFD]
fffffa8007ecdbc0 [fffffa80088a9b60] irpStack: ( e, 0)  fffffa8006aa4da0 [ \Driver\Beep]
...

特别查看某个irp (比如地址是fffffa8007dcfe10的这个)
!irp fffffa8007dcfe10
Irp is active with 4 stacks 4 is current (= 0xfffffa8007dcffb8)
 No Mdl: System buffer=fffffa8008dc7d80: Thread fffffa80081438f0:  Irp stack trace.  
     cmd  flg cl Device   File     Completion-Context
 [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000    

   Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
 [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000    

   Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
 [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000    

   Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>[  e,2d]   5  1 fffffa8006e6eb10 fffffa80086bfa30 00000000-00000000    pending
        \Driver\AFD
   Args: fffffa80081844b0 fffffa80081844b0 fffff88003f03150 fffffa8007ecf810
最后一行显示出这个irp的major function是e 也就是IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CONTROL

查看namespace里\Driver里的内容:
!object \Driver
Object: fffff8a00008b7f0  Type: (fffffa8004e83a90) Directory
    ObjectHeader: fffff8a00008b7c0 (new version)
    HandleCount: 0  PointerCount: 107
    Directory Object: fffff8a000004dc0  Name: Driver

    Hash Address          Type          Name
    ---- -------          ----          ----
     00  fffffa8006fbae70 Driver        nvlddmkm
         fffffa80069eae70 Driver        fvevol
         fffffa8005d2e890 Driver        iaStorV
...

查看_DRIVER_OBJECT的结构
dt nt!_DRIVER_OBJECT
   +0x000 Type             : Int2B
   +0x002 Size             : Int2B
   +0x008 DeviceObject     : Ptr64 _DEVICE_OBJECT
   +0x010 Flags            : Uint4B
   +0x018 DriverStart      : Ptr64 Void
   +0x020 DriverSize       : Uint4B
   +0x028 DriverSection    : Ptr64 Void
   +0x030 DriverExtension  : Ptr64 _DRIVER_EXTENSION
   +0x038 DriverName       : _UNICODE_STRING
   +0x048 HardwareDatabase : Ptr64 _UNICODE_STRING
   +0x050 FastIoDispatch   : Ptr64 _FAST_IO_DISPATCH
   +0x058 DriverInit       : Ptr64     long 
   +0x060 DriverStartIo    : Ptr64     void 
   +0x068 DriverUnload     : Ptr64     void 
   +0x070 MajorFunction    : [28] Ptr64     long 

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

[Windows]cmd命令笔记

删除一个文件夹foo所有内容
rd foo /s

查看当前所有进程(类似ps)
tasklist

杀死一个进程(类似kill)
taskkill

查找文件中出现的字符串
findstr

5秒内关机并重启
shutdown -r -t 5

Monday, June 13, 2011

[Winodws]内核驱动笔记

占坑
背景知识

用户模式(User Mode):
内核模式(Kernel Mode):
Win32 API:

C++注意事项

微软官方的文档C++ for Kernel Mode Drivers: Pros and Cons
求摘要?看这里Advanced C++ features and Kernel-mode programming don't mix


cmd或者在(Start->Run)运行msinfo32,然后选"software environment"->"system drivers"可以看到当前系统里所有安装了的驱动

编译

source文件相当于Linux/Unix下的Makefile. 如何写一个source文件? 参见http://randomlearningnotes.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/using-wdkddk-build-environment-for-drivers-and-non-drivers/

build 命令相当于Linux/Unix下的make

build /c 把所有obj文件全部删除再编译

build的output很少, 详细信息可以参见编译时生成的.log,.wrn和.err文件

disable所有编译优化: 在source 文件中加设置环境变量
MSC_OPTIMIZATION=/Od /Oi

debugview是一个可以用来查看kernel debug输出信息的工具. 可以connect到local machine来查看本机的, 也可以连接到remote机器上. 后者的方法是先在remote的机器上运行debugview /c, 接着使用debugview在local机器上

常用API

信号量
KeWaitForSingleObject 阻塞当前线程直至信号变量(比如一个event object)被置成signaled
KeSetEvent 把一个event object设为signaled
KeResetEvent 把一个event object重置成not-signaled

文件操作:
ZwReadFile: Read data from the file.
ZwWriteFile: Write data to the file.
ZwQueryInformationFile: Read metadata for the file or file handle.
ZwSetInformationFile: Write metadata for the file or file handle.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Ubuntu添加删除ppa

添加一个ppa是一件很容易的事情, 比如添加ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test(可以在11.04上装gcc-4.6)
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
更新仓库软件列表
$ sudo apt-get update 

删除一个ppa并rollback到稳定版本稍微麻烦一些,需要下一个叫ppa-purge的工具先
$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
删除刚才添加的ppa
$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
然后会自动帮你downgrade或者remove软件.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

关于uint64_t(64位整数)的一些操作

显示

#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  uint64_t a = 90;
  printf("test uint64_t : %" PRIu64 "\n", a);
  return 0;
}
如果是使用C++编译器编译上述代码,有时候会报如下错误
main.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
main.cpp:9:30: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘PRIu64’
main.cpp:9:47: warning: spurious trailing ‘%’ in format [-Wformat]
解决方法是在inttypes.h这个头文件前加上一个__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS宏定义
#define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
#include <inttypes.h>

左移

对于32bit或者更短的的integer, 1左移x位就是 1≤≤x
但是对于64bit的integer, 比如unsigned long long或者uint64_t, 1≤≤32却是0. 如果需要2^32或者更大的数, 需要用1ULL≤≤32

http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/62790-bitshift-64-bit-integers.html

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <inttypes.h>

int main( void )
{
   uint64_t a = 1ULL << 32;
   uint64_t b = 1 << 32;
   printf( "a = %016"PRIx64", b = %016"PRIx64"\n",  a, b);
   return 0;
}
a = 0000000100000000, b = 0000000000000000

Friday, May 20, 2011

[Linux/Mac]编译相关的工具和命令

GNU make的常用变量

  • CFLAGS: C compiler的flags,会被传递给关于C代码的compile和link的命令
  • CXXFLAGS: C++ compiler的flags,会被传递给关于C++的compile和link的命令
  • CPPFLAGS: C PreProcessor的flags(注意,不要和CXXFLAGS混淆)。它会被传递给编译C以及C++代码的命令
  • LDFLAGS: linking阶段的选项。常用来指定一些库文件的位置 比如"-L/usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.1.1/lib"
  • CC: C Compiler。比如"gcc", "cc"
  • CXX: C++ Compiler。比如"g++"
参考:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/495598/difference-between-cppflags-and-cxxflags-in-gnu-make

autoconf

根据configure.ac生成configure文件
$ autoconf configure.ac > configure
$ chmod +x configure
$ ./configure
参见A brief introduction to autoreconf
http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html#SEC_Contents

autoreconf

根据configure.ac, 会调用autoconf, autoheader, aclocal, automake, libtoolize, 以及autopoint等工具生成configure文件. 然后configure再根据Makefile.am生成Makefile
$ autoreconf -is
$ ./configure
$ make
参见Using autoreconf to Update configure Scripts

configure

增加额外的编译参数(比如默认的configure找不到某个包,就需要显式的告诉它路径)
Bash底下
$ LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" CXXFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include"\
 PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/" ./configure
或者csh底下
$ env LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" CXXFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include"\
 PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/" ./configure
configure的常用参数包括
  • --prefix: 通常默认为 "--prefix=/usr/local"
  • --enable-shared: build shared libraries,否定为"--enable-shared=no"或者"--disable-shared"
  • --enable-static: build static libraries,否定为"--enable-static=no"或者"--disable-static"

ldd

显示一个可执行文件或者一个shared library文件(.so文件)所dependent的其他.so文件
$ ldd a.out 
 linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff4c5ff000)
 libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f55df989000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f55df5ea000)
 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f55dfc3b000)

nm

查看一个obj文件的symbol table
$ nm mypair.o
000001c4 s EH_frame1
000001a5 s __GLOBAL__I_mypair.cc
00000254 s __GLOBAL__I_mypair.cc.eh
00000153 s __Z41__static_initialization_and_destruction_0ii
0000022c s __Z41__static_initialization_and_destruction_0ii.eh
         U __ZNKSs4sizeEv
         U __ZNKSsixEm
         U __ZNSt8ios_base4InitC1Ev
         U __ZNSt8ios_base4InitD1Ev
0000012c S __ZSt3minImERKT_S2_S2_
000001e0 S __ZSt3minImERKT_S2_S2_.eh
00000000 t __ZStL17__verify_groupingPKcmRKSs
00000204 s __ZStL17__verify_groupingPKcmRKSs.eh
000002a8 b __ZStL8__ioinit
         U ___cxa_atexit
         U ___dso_handle
         U ___gxx_personality_v0
00000104 t ___tcf_0
00000278 s ___tcf_0.eh

strip

减小一个可执行文件的size。代码体积变小后可能会对icache有帮助。代价是symbol table等帮助debug的信息会被移除。
$ strip a.out

pkg-config

pkg-config相当于一个数据库,用以维护系统中那些已经安装了的library。
比如你可以通过--modversion来查询某个library的版本
$ pkg-config --modversion openssl
0.9.8j
也可以用--cflags以及--libs查询在Makefile里使用一个library所需要使用的include的路径和其他选项。比如:
$ pkg-config --cflags thrift
-I/usr/local/include/thrift  
$ pkg-config --libs thrift  
-L/usr/local/lib -lthrift
pkg-config中的library数据库是通过搜索特定路径下的一系列xxx.pc文件来建立的。每个.pc文件对应一个library,包括了这个library的一些metadata。可以通过如下命令来查看当前数据库中包含了哪些library了。
$ pkg-config --list-all