locks.txt

Next-Gen (NT 5.2) Executive Locks in NTOSKRNL.
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1a. Rundown Protection
USED IN: Thread/Process Ps* Code.
EXAMPLES: NtSetInformationProcess/Thread, PspCreateThread/Process, PspSuspend/ResumeThread...
REPLACES: Unlocked access and/or PsLock/UnlockProcess.
ROS STATUS: Implemented. Code needs cleanup. Not yet tested. Not yet used.

1b. Cache-Aware Rundown Protection
USED IN: Unknown. Functions exported for drivers.
EXAMPLES: None.
REPLACES: Nothing.
ROS STATUS: Unimplemented.

2. Guarded Mutex
USED IN: Configuration Manager, MCB Functions (FsRtl), Binary Hive Module (Hv), PnP (Notifications), LPC, Jobs (Ps), Device Map (Ob), and Memory Management (Address Space/Virtual Memory).
EXAMPLES: Too many.
REPLACES: Anything that used FAST_MUTEX.
ROS STATUS: Implemented, slightly tested; appears to still contain a bug.

3. Fast Referencing
USED IN: Tokens.
EXAMPLES: R: PsReferencePrimary/EffectiveToken. D: Failure code of anything that calls those two functions.
REPLACES: Normal referencing.
ROS STATUS: Hackplemented stubs.

4a. Pushlocks
USED IN: Configuration Manager (Cm), Handle Table (Ex), Binary Hive Module (Hv), Memory Management (Address Space/Virtual Memory), Object Namespace (Directories/Names) (Ob), Impersonation (Ps).
EXAMPLES: Too many.
REPLACES: Anything that used ERESOURCE.
ROS STATUS: Implemented (missing Block/([Timed]Wait)Unblock) and slightly tested.

4b. Cache-Aware Pushlocks
USED IN: AWE (Mm).
EXAMPLES: None.
REPLACES: Executive Resources.
ROS STATUS: Unimplemented.

TODO: Kernel Locks (Queued and In-Stack Spinlocks)