Creating User-Mode Drivers with a Proxy(or How to Look Smarter Than You Really Are)

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Creating User-Mode Drivers with a Proxy(or How to Look Smarter Than You Really Are)

Problem

Solution

Outline

NT Kernel-Mode I/O Architecture

Kernel-Mode Driver Architecture

Proxy Driver Architecture

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details

Proxy Details Summary

Null (Raw) Device Latency

Raw Device Throughput

RamDisk Throughput

File-System Write Throughput

Related Work

Conclusion

Appendix A: IDeviceFileSink