Kernel Structures (Compact 2013)

3/28/2014

The following table shows the kernel structures with a description of the purpose of each.

Structure	Description
CacheInfo	Contains cache information used with IOCTL_KLIB_GETCACHE_INFO IOCTL.
CallSnapshot	Stores information about stack frames.
CallSnapshot3	Stores information about stack frames including active VM.
CallSnapshotEx	Stores extended information about stack frames.
DEVICE_ID	Stores device information by providing two separate identifiers that are combined to create a single globally unique identifier (GUID) for the device.
DEVICE_PSL_NOTIFY	Describes the current process.
GIISR_INFO	Is passed to the interrupt service routine (ISR) through KernelLibIoControl function after the ISR is loaded with the LoadIntChainHandlerfunction.
ILTIMING_MESSAGE	Stores ISR and IST latency information. It is used by ILTiming.exe when it calls the KernelIoControl function with IOCTL_HAL_ILTIMING.
IMAGE_DATA_DIRECTORY	Represents the data directory.
KD_BPINFO	Contains breakpoint information used by the OEMKDIoctl function.
KD_EXCEPTION_INFO	Contains exception code information. It is used by KD_IOCTL_MAP_EXCEPTION.
MEMORY_SECTION	Describes a memory section to the kernel.
NKPagePoolParameters	Contains data about the parameters of the loader page pool and the file page pool.
NKPagePoolState	Contains information about the state of the loader page pool and the file page pool.
OEMProfilerData	Used by the following: The profiler interrupt handler, to call ProfilerHitEx with hardware-specific profiling data IOCTL_HAL_OEM_PROFILER, to return hardware-specific profiling data on a query during ProfileCaptureStatus The kernel, to write the result of the query into the CeLog data stream as an event with identifier CELID_OEMPROFILER_HIT
PagePoolParameters	Contains information about either the loader page pool or the file page pool.
PagePoolState	Contains data about the state of the loader page pool or the file page pool.
PHYSICAL_BASIC_INFORMATION	Contains information about a range of physical pages.
PROCESSOR_INFO	Stores information on the microprocessor.
ProfilerControl	Used by the ProfileStartEx function.
ROMHDR	Defines the ROM header.
WIN_CERTIFICATE	Encapsulates a signature used in verifying executable files.
XIPCHAIN_ENTRY	Defines an execute-in-place (XIP) region that can be used by the kernel.
XIPCHAIN_INFO	Identifies the number of XIP regions and the data contained in those regions.

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Reference

Kernel Reference