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// 2015-09-25 | |
// I measured these limits on the size of a single ReadConsoleOutputW call. | |
// The limit seems to more-or-less disppear with Windows 8, which is the first | |
// OS to stop using ALPCs for console I/O. My guess is that the new I/O | |
// method does not use the 64KiB shared memory buffer that the ALPC method | |
// uses. | |
// | |
// I'm guessing the remaining difference between Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10 | |
// might be related to the 32-vs-64-bitness. | |
// | |
// Client OSs | |
// | |
// Windows XP 32-bit VM ==> up to 13304 characters | |
// - 13304x1 works, but 13305x1 fails instantly | |
// Windows 7 32-bit VM ==> between 16-17 thousand characters | |
// - 16000x1 works, 17000x1 fails instantly | |
// - 163x100 *crashes* conhost.exe but leaves VeryLargeRead.exe running | |
// Windows 8 32-bit VM ==> between 240-250 million characters | |
// - 10000x24000 works, but 10000x25000 does not | |
// Windows 8.1 32-bit VM ==> between 240-250 million characters | |
// - 10000x24000 works, but 10000x25000 does not | |
// Windows 10 64-bit VM ==> no limit (tested to 576 million characters) | |
// - 24000x24000 works | |
// - `ver` reports [Version 10.0.10240], conhost.exe and ConhostV1.dll are | |
// 10.0.10240.16384 for file and product version. ConhostV2.dll is | |
// 10.0.10240.16391 for file and product version. | |
// | |
// Server OSs | |
// | |
// Windows Server 2008 64-bit VM ==> 14300-14400 characters | |
// - 14300x1 works, 14400x1 fails instantly | |
// - This OS does not have conhost.exe. | |
// - `ver` reports [Version 6.0.6002] | |
// Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit VM ==> 15600-15700 characters | |
// - 15600x1 works, 15700x1 fails instantly | |
// - This OS has conhost.exe, and procexp.exe reveals console ALPC ports in | |
// use in conhost.exe. | |
// - `ver` reports [Version 6.1.7601], conhost.exe is 6.1.7601.23153 for file | |
// and product version. | |
// Windows Server 2012 64-bit VM ==> at least 100 million characters | |
// - 10000x10000 works (VM had only 1GiB of RAM, so I skipped larger tests) | |
// - This OS has Windows 8's task manager and procexp.exe reveals the same | |
// lack of ALPC ports and the same \Device\ConDrv\* files as Windows 8. | |
// - `ver` reports [Version 6.2.9200], conhost.exe is 6.2.9200.16579 for file | |
// and product version. | |
// | |
// To summarize: | |
// | |
// client-OS server-OS notes | |
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
// XP Server 2008 CSRSS, small reads | |
// 7 Server 2008 R2 ALPC-to-conhost, small reads | |
// 8, 8.1 Server 2012 new I/O interface, large reads allowed | |
// 10 <no server OS yet> enhanced console w/rewrapping | |
// | |
// (Presumably, Win2K, Vista, and Win2K3 behave the same as XP. conhost.exe | |
// was announced as a Win7 feature.) | |
// | |
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { | |
long long width = 9000; | |
long long height = 9000; | |
assert(argc >= 1); | |
if (argc == 4) { | |
width = atoi(argv[2]); | |
height = atoi(argv[3]); | |
} else { | |
if (argc == 3) { | |
width = atoi(argv[1]); | |
height = atoi(argv[2]); | |
} | |
wchar_t args[1024]; | |
swprintf(args, 1024, L"CHILD %lld %lld", width, height); | |
startChildProcess(args); | |
return 0; | |
} | |
const HANDLE conout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); | |
setWindowPos(0, 0, 1, 1); | |
setBufferSize(width, height); | |
setWindowPos(0, 0, std::min(80LL, width), std::min(50LL, height)); | |
setCursorPos(0, 0); | |
printf("A"); | |
fflush(stdout); | |
setCursorPos(width - 2, height - 1); | |
printf("B"); | |
fflush(stdout); | |
trace("sizeof(CHAR_INFO) = %d", (int)sizeof(CHAR_INFO)); | |
trace("Allocating buffer..."); | |
CHAR_INFO *buffer = new CHAR_INFO[width * height]; | |
assert(buffer != NULL); | |
memset(&buffer[0], 0, sizeof(CHAR_INFO)); | |
memset(&buffer[width * height - 2], 0, sizeof(CHAR_INFO)); | |
COORD bufSize = { width, height }; | |
COORD bufCoord = { 0, 0 }; | |
SMALL_RECT readRegion = { 0, 0, width - 1, height - 1 }; | |
trace("ReadConsoleOutputW: calling..."); | |
BOOL success = ReadConsoleOutputW(conout, buffer, bufSize, bufCoord, &readRegion); | |
trace("ReadConsoleOutputW: success=%d", success); | |
assert(buffer[0].Char.UnicodeChar == L'A'); | |
assert(buffer[width * height - 2].Char.UnicodeChar == L'B'); | |
trace("Top-left and bottom-right characters read successfully!"); | |
Sleep(30000); | |
delete [] buffer; | |
return 0; | |
} | |