// // 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 enhanced console w/rewrapping // // (Presumably, Win2K, Vista, and Win2K3 behave the same as XP. conhost.exe // was announced as a Win7 feature.) // #include #include #include #include "TestUtil.cc" 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; }