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PEP_QUERY_SOC_SUBSYSTEM structure (pep_x.h)

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The PEP_QUERY_SOC_SUBSYSTEM structure is used by the PEP_DPM_QUERY_SOC_SUBSYSTEM notification to gather basic information about a particular system on a chip (SoC) subsystem.

Syntax

typedef struct _PEP_QUERY_SOC_SUBSYSTEM {
  [in]     ULONG          PlatformIdleStateIndex;
  [in]     ULONG          SubsystemIndex;
  [out]    PVOID          SubsystemHandle;
  [in/out] UNICODE_STRING ParentName;
  [in/out] UNICODE_STRING SubsystemName;
  [out]    ULONG          MetadataCount;
           ULONG          Flags;
} PEP_QUERY_SOC_SUBSYSTEM, *PPEP_QUERY_SOC_SUBSYSTEM;

Members

[in] PlatformIdleStateIndex

The platform idle state index that is being queried by the kernel.

[in] SubsystemIndex

The subsystem index, which is a unique index assigned by the OS to each subsystem within the context of a given PlatformIdleStateIndex.

The kernel initializes this value to zero and increments it for each subsequent subsystem static info notification. A value of 0 means it's the first such notification for the given PlatformIdleStateIndex. This field is intended to give the PEP context between instances of this notification. It is the only field whose input value varies across instances of this notification for a given PlatformIdleStateIndex and a PEP might use this value to look up a subsystem.

The PEP can ignore this value.

[out] SubsystemHandle

A context pointer that the PEP can optionally assign a value to. It will receive the pointer on subsequent notifications for this particular subsystem. In subsequent notifications, a PEP uses PlatformIdleStateIndex along with SubsystemName and/or SubsystemHandle to look up a particular subsystem's accounting data.

By default the value if this member is zero. This value is ignored by the OS and used only in notifications.

The PEP is not required to fill this member.

[in/out] ParentName

A buffer for holding the parent name of the corresponding subsystem. Each subsystem has a parent and subsystems with the same value for ParentName are considered siblings. Subsystem sibling hierarchies are optional. In the absence of any hierarchy, all subsystems are top level subsystems and specify a common value for ParentName. To indicate a hierarchy, top level subsystems specify a common ParentName while each non-top-level subsystem specifies its parent subsystem's SubsystemName for ParentName.

Prior to entry, the kernel will:

  • Pre-allocate 64 WCHARs for ParentName.Buffer[]
  • Zero the buffer
  • Set ParentName.MaximumLength to the size of the buffer in bytes, and
  • Set ParentName.Length = 0
Prior to exit, the PEP must copy a null-terminated string into ParentName.Buffer and update ParentName.Length with a byte count that is sizeof(WCHAR) times the number of UNICODE characters copied, not including the terminating UNICODE_NULL.

The PEP must use the allocated memory that is pointed to by the address in ParentName.Buffer to provide the parent name. Since this memory is pre-allocated, its size cannot be changed. The PEP is responsible for truncating the parent name, if necessary, so that it does not exceed the length specified in ParentName.MaximumLength (including the terminating UNICODE_NULL character).

[in/out] SubsystemName

A buffer for holding this subsystem's name. Every subsystem has a subsystem name and SubsystemName must be unique among all subsystems within the context of a given platform idle state. A subsystem's SubsystemName cannot be the same as ParentName.

Prior to entry, the kernel will:

  • Pre-allocate 64 WCHARs for SubsystemName.Buffer[]
  • Zero the buffer
  • Set SubsystemName.MaximumLength to the size of the buffer in bytes, and
  • Set SubsystemName.Length = 0
Prior to exit, the PEP must copy a null-terminated string into SubsystemName.Buffer and update SubsystemName.Length with a byte count that is sizeof(WCHAR) times the number of UNICODE characters copied, not including the terminating UNICODE_NULL.

The PEP must use the allocated memory that is pointed to by the address in SubsystemName.Buffer to provide the subsystem name. Since this memory is pre-allocated, its size cannot be changed. The PEP is responsible for truncating the subsystem name, if necessary, so that it does not exceed the length specified in SubsystemName.MaximumLength (including the terminating UNICODE_NULL character).

[out] MetadataCount

The number of metadata key/value string pairs tallied by this SoC subsystem.

Metadata is optional. The PEP returns zero if it does not report any metadata for this SoC subsystem.

Flags

This member is reserved and should be set to zero.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Supported starting with Windows 10.
Header pep_x.h (include Pep_x.h)

See also

PEP_DPM_QUERY_SOC_SUBSYSTEM notification