Advanced Local Procedure Call WinDbg extension
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In Windows Vista and Server 2008 LPC is implemented using undocumented Advanced Local Procedure Calls (ALPC) and the new formatting of the !process 0 ff output shows the owner of the port:
THREAD fffffa801afae6f0 Cid 033c.3c40 Teb: 000007fffffa0000 Win32Thread: 0000000000000000 WAIT: (WrLpcReply) UserMode Non-Alertable
fffffa801afaea80 Semaphore Limit 0x1
Waiting for reply to ALPC Message fffff8800f4cc950 : queued at port fffffa8017dbb060 : owned by process fffffa801807b8f0
Instead of !lpc we should use !alpc extension command:
0: kd> !lpc message fffff8800f4cc950
LPC is now emulated over ALPC. Use !alpc
Arguments:
/? - Print help
/P [/V] PortAddress - Dump the ALPC port information
/M [/V] MsgAddress - Searches the message and dumps the message information
/R [/V] ResAddress - Dumps the information regarding resources
/G [/V] - Dumps the global information
0: kd> !alpc /M fffff8800f4cc950
Message @ fffff8800f4cc950
MessageID : 0x0BFC (3068)
CallbackID : 0x1FEF27 (2092839)
SequenceNumber : 0x0004D4D4 (316628)
Type : LPC_REQUEST
DataLength : 0x0068 (104)
TotalLength : 0x0090 (144)
Canceled : No
Release : No
ReplyWaitReply : No
Continuation : Yes
OwnerPort : fffffa8018a95e60 [ALPC_CLIENT_COMMUNICATION_PORT]
WaitingThread : fffffa801afae6f0
QueueType : ALPC_MSGQUEUE_PENDING
QueuePort : fffffa8017dbb060 [ALPC_CONNECTION_PORT]
QueuePortOwnerProcess : fffffa801807b8f0 (svchost.exe)
ServerThread : fffffa801aeec060
QuotaCharged : No
CancelQueuePort : 0000000000000000
CancelSequencePort : 0000000000000000
CancelSequenceNumber : 0×00000000 (0)
ClientContext : 00000000025599e0
ServerContext : 0000000000000000
PortContext : 000000000030d640
CancelPortContext : 0000000000000000
SecurityData : 0000000000000000
View : 0000000000000000
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July 24th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
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