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sleepsleep 18 Oct 2021, 18:57
Feryno wrote:

yes these hypervisors are written in FASM, I'm developing them for the past 10 years, they are for Intel and AMD

cool, is it something like the ms hyper-v except yours one much more better and faster? love to see benchmark,

Feryno wrote:

you can add 512 bytes loader as a file into windows boot menu which loads the rest

i dont have experience about this, but is that possible to boot win 7, linux or other os from (win8, win8.1, win10 boot menu)?
or booting through uefi into mbr win 7?
i always ponder about this, because most tablet (low powered device) only boot uefi but i always want to deploy windows 7 on such thing,

Feryno wrote:
I installed win 11 to MBR partitioned disk, I booted into BIOS mode and loaded the ISO which was modified to pass these my desired settings

what i usually did is, create vhd file, mount them, then dism applyimage wim file from host os, bcdboot it, then run it inside virtualbox, vmware or hyper-v, i guess i could manually replace APPRAISERRES.DLL before booting them,

yah, lots of ram definitely help, much way faster, whole vhd inside memory,

Feryno wrote:
just keep in mind that only installer checks the requirements (ver 22000.194), once you install to anything you like the OS does not check the requirements anymore

great win11 feature, thumbs up
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Feryno 24 Oct 2021, 09:16
sleepsleep wrote:
Feryno wrote:
yes these hypervisors are written in FASM, I'm developing them for the past 10 years, they are for Intel and AMD

cool, is it something like the ms hyper-v except yours one much more better and faster? love to see benchmark,

the most performance expensive are vm exits (and then vmentries) so the fastest hypervisor is the one which enables less vm exits, under Intel there are unconditional vm exits like cpuid and then conditional vm exits like certain instructions (modifications of some MSRs and CRx etc - here a possibility to optimize)
moreover, hyper-v uses the same prologue and epilogue for all vm exits which executes > 100 instructions which is overkill e.g. for the cpuid instruction vm exit which could be handled in 20 asm instructions including prologue and epilogue
I always measure cpuid and syscall cycles before starting hv and when hv running, it looks like this:

before starting hv:
cpuid CPU cycles:
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz
cpu00 00000000000004F6
cpu01 00000000000001BD
cpu02 00000000000001BD
cpu03 00000000000001AD
cpu04 00000000000001BD
cpu05 00000000000001AD
cpu06 00000000000001BE
cpu07 00000000000001BD
syscall CPU cycles:
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz
cpu00 000000000000080F
cpu01 000000000000078A
cpu02 0000000000000717
cpu03 0000000000000559
cpu04 00000000000007BC
cpu05 000000000000078B
cpu06 0000000000000717
cpu07 00000000000005EE

after hv running:
cpuid CPU cycles:
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz
cpu00 0000000000000FBA
cpu01 0000000000000E70
cpu02 0000000000000EB2
cpu03 0000000000000E80
cpu04 0000000000000ED3
cpu05 0000000000000E91
cpu06 0000000000000EC3
cpu07 0000000000000E91
syscall CPU cycles:
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz
cpu00 0000000000001FB6
cpu01 0000000000002573
cpu02 00000000000021D6
cpu03 00000000000021E7
cpu04 00000000000021E7
cpu05 0000000000002111
cpu06 0000000000002194
cpu07 00000000000021E7

the cycles are measured at every cpu core
the syscall / sysretq instruction pair is measured also because this is the purpose of developing this hypervisor (monitoring usermode apps which kernelmode services they call)
most of the increase of the cpuid cpu cycles (from 1B0h to 0E00h) are due to vm exit and vm entry, handling the cpuid is done by circa 20 FASM instructions with very limited prologue/epilogue (no need to push/pop registers like rbp, rsi, rdi, r8...r15 etc)
from that you can approximate how much cost vm exit / vm entry itself
the CPU seems to be some strange but it was the first one with VMCS shadowing feature which I needed in development of nested hypervisoring, I also need always a motherboard with serial port to send information during debugging (server MB or few of workstation MB have COM port)
when hyper-v is running you can't start your hypervisor as a driver from running OS, the only way is starting before OS (using UEFI or BIOS to load your hv) and then you need nesting so your hypervisor is running as a parent and hyper-v as a child (hyper-v does not know that) but that grows your hypervisor significantly (executable from 10 kB to 35 kB) + you need also to handle ACPI S3 sleep in this case (so after resume from sleep your hv is started again as a first and only then the hyper-v with OS resumes)

sleepsleep wrote:
Feryno wrote:

you can add 512 bytes loader as a file into windows boot menu which loads the rest

i dont have experience about this, but is that possible to boot win 7, linux or other os from (win8, win8.1, win10 boot menu)?
or booting through uefi into mbr win 7?
i always ponder about this, because most tablet (low powered device) only boot uefi but i always want to deploy windows 7 on such thing,

it works well when your windows (and then OS loader too) is installed via BIOS to MRB partitioned disk... you may try it when booting from UEFI but I suppose in such a case CSM is not loaded so the 512 boot sectors cannot call 16 bit interrupts (e.g. to access disk), I use this only because I sometimes have >5 operating systems installed in one hdd (MBR formatted hdd and bios booting them) and this is the quickest way to start them all from 1 boot menu
these are steps I do for adding 512 bytes MBR/BIOS loader into win boot menu, the a00.sdb file is an image of boot sector and is stored in the root directory of the boot partition of the win:
Code:
set ENTRY_GUID={46595952-454E-4F50-4747-554944FEDCBA}
bcdedit -create %ENTRY_GUID% -d "hypervisor" -application BOOTSECTOR
bcdedit -set %ENTRY_GUID% device partition=%SYSTEMDRIVE%
bcdedit -set %ENTRY_GUID% path \a00.sdb
bcdedit -displayorder %ENTRY_GUID% -addlast
bcdedit -timeout 5    

you can also create the entry without defining its GUID and subsequently use the GUID which bcdedit generates, no need to use the above exact number for the GUID
btw because such my hdd usually has 3 primary partitions, 1 extended at which few other logical partitions (e.g. linux does not protest to be installed there and be booted from logical partition on extended partition) the win installer does not create separate boot partition and everything is nicely stored in one partition (so bootmgr file and BOOT directory are in the same partition with WINDOWS directory, the installer does not have any space where to create these separate partitions)

sleepsleep wrote:
Feryno wrote:
just keep in mind that only installer checks the requirements (ver 22000.194), once you install to anything you like the OS does not check the requirements anymore

great win11 feature, thumbs up

we will see how long will this "feature" stay there

here a source code for a program which measures cpuid cycles at every cpu, you can test how much cycles costs the execution of cpuid when no hyper-v running and compare with a value when running, the reported cpu cycles are not exactly only cpuid but also few cycles cost of the rdtsc instruction, hyper-v may or may not enable the rdtsc instruction to cause vm exit too which may further increase the reported value

Code:
format PE64 console at 100000000h on 'nul'
entry start


include '%fasminc%\win64a.inc'


section '.code' code readable executable


start:

        push    rbx rbp
        sub     rsp,8*(4+7)

        lea     r8,[rsp+8*(4+5)]        ; lpSystemAffinityMask  
        lea     rdx,[rsp+8*(4+4)]       ; lpProcessAffinityMask
        or      rcx,-1                  ; hProcess = current process
        call    [GetProcessAffinityMask]
        or      eax,eax
        jz      exit

        mov     rbp,[rsp+8*(4+5)]       ; SystemAffinityMask (all CPUs should run)

        mov     rdx,rbp                 ; lpSystemAffinityMask
        or      rcx,-1                  ; hProcess = current process
        call    [SetProcessAffinityMask]
        or      eax,eax
        jz      exit

        xor     ebx,ebx                 ; CPU counter

align 10h
L0:     btr     rbp,rbx
        jnc     L9

        lea     rax,[rsp+8*(4+3)]
        mov     [rsp+8*(4+1)],rax
        mov     dword [rsp+8*(4+0)],CREATE_SUSPENDED
        mov     r9,rbx                  ; argument for new thread = CPU number
        lea     r8,[per_cpu_thread]
        xor     edx,edx
        xor     ecx,ecx
        call    [CreateThread]
        or      rax,rax
        jz      L9

        mov     [rsp+8*(4+4)],rax

        xor     edx,edx
        bts     rdx,rbx
        mov     rcx,[rsp+8*(4+4)]
        call    [SetThreadAffinityMask]
        or      eax,eax
        jz      L8

        mov     rcx,[rsp+8*(4+4)]
        call    [ResumeThread]
        cmp     eax,-1
        jz      L8

        or      edx,-1                  ; INFINITE timeout
        mov     rcx,[rsp+8*(4+4)]
        call    [WaitForSingleObject]
        sub     eax,WAIT_FAILED
        jnz     L8
        lea     rdx,[cpuid_cycles]
        lock and [rdx+rbx*8],rax

L8:     mov     rcx,[rsp+8*(4+4)]
        call    [CloseHandle]

L9:     inc     ebx
        cmp     bl,64
        jc      L0


        lea     rdi,[cpuid_cycles_msg_ascii]

        cld

        mov     eax,80000002h
        cpuid
        stosd
        xchg    ebx,eax
        stosd
        xchg    ecx,eax
        stosd
        xchg    edx,eax
        stosd

        mov     eax,80000003h
        cpuid
        stosd
        xchg    ebx,eax
        stosd
        xchg    ecx,eax
        stosd
        xchg    edx,eax
        stosd

        mov     eax,80000004h
        cpuid
        stosd
        xchg    ebx,eax
        stosd
        xchg    ecx,eax
        stosd
        xchg    edx,eax
        stosd

        mov     ecx,3*4*4
@@:     cmp     byte [rdi-1],' '
        jnbe    @f
        dec     rdi
        loop    @b
@@:

        mov     al,0Dh
        stosb
        mov     al,0Ah
        stosb

        lea     rsi,[cpuid_cycles]
        lea     rbx,[hex_trans]
        xor     edx,edx                 ; counter

align 10h
convert_L0:
        cmp     qword [rsi],0
        jz      convert_L8

        mov     eax,'cpu'
        stosd
        mov     al,dl
        shr     al,4
        xlat    [rbx]
        mov     [rdi-1],al
        mov     al,dl
        and     al,1111b
        xlat    [rbx]
        stosb
        mov     al,' '
        stosb

        mov     r8,[rsi]
repeat 16
        rol     r8,4
        mov     al,r8b
        and     al,1111b
        xlat    [rbx]
        stosb
end repeat

        mov     al,0Dh
        stosb
        mov     al,0Ah
        stosb

convert_L8:
        lodsq                           ; rsi+8
        inc     edx
        cmp     dl,64
        jc      convert_L0

        mov     byte [rdi-2],0

        push    STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE
        pop     rcx
        call    [GetStdHandle]
        push    rax
        pop     rcx
if INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1
        inc     rax
else
        sub     rax,INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
end if
        jz      exit

        and     qword [rsp+8*(4+0)],0
        lea     r9,[rsp+8*(4+1)]
        lea     r8d,[rdi-2]
        lea     rdx,[cpuid_cycles_msg_ascii]
        sub     r8d,edx
;       mov     rcx,rcx
        call    [WriteFile]
;       or      eax,eax
;       jz      exit
;       cmp     [rsp+8*(4+1)],size
;       jnz     ...

exit:   xor     ecx,ecx
        call    [ExitProcess]

        xor     eax,eax
        add     rsp,8*(4+7)
        pop     rbp rbx
        ret

align 10h
per_cpu_thread:
        push    rbx rbp rsi rdi

; rcx = parameter passed to thread = cpu number
        mov     rbp,rcx

; we should disable interrupts or elevate IRQL, but that is not possible in ring3
; at worst something will interrupt the following code and reported CPUID cycles will be more than without interruption
        rdtsc
        mov     esi,eax
        mov     edi,edx

        xor     eax,eax
        cpuid

        rdtsc
        sub     eax,esi
        sbb     edx,edi

        lea     rcx,[cpuid_cycles]
        mov     [rcx+rbp*8+0],eax
        mov     [rcx+rbp*8+4],edx

        pop     rdi rsi rbp rbx
        xor     eax,eax
        ret


align 10h
hex_trans       db      '0123456789ABCDEF'


section '.bss' readable writeable

cpuid_cycles:   times 64 dq 0           ; upto 64 CPUs supported

cpuid_cycles_msg_ascii  rb      3*4*4+2
                        rb      64*25
; db 'cpu00 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF', 0Dh, 0Ah
; ...
; db 'cpu3F 0000000000000000',0


section '.idata' import data readable writeable

                        dd      0,0,0,  RVA kernel_name,        RVA kernel_table
                        dd      0,0,0,  0,                      0

kernel_table:
CloseHandle             dq      RVA _CloseHandle
CreateThread            dq      RVA _CreateThread
ExitProcess             dq      RVA _ExitProcess
GetModuleHandleA        dq      RVA _GetModuleHandleA
GetProcessAffinityMask  dq      RVA _GetProcessAffinityMask
GetStdHandle            dq      RVA _GetStdHandle
ResumeThread            dq      RVA _ResumeThread
SetProcessAffinityMask  dq      RVA _SetProcessAffinityMask
SetThreadAffinityMask   dq      RVA _SetThreadAffinityMask
WaitForSingleObject     dq      RVA _WaitForSingleObject
WriteFile               dq      RVA _WriteFile
                        dq      0

kernel_name             db      'KERNEL32.DLL',0

_CloseHandle            db      0,0,'CloseHandle',0
_CreateThread           db      0,0,'CreateThread',0
_ExitProcess            db      0,0,'ExitProcess',0
_GetModuleHandleA       db      0,0,'GetModuleHandleA',0
_GetProcessAffinityMask db      0,0,'GetProcessAffinityMask',0
_GetStdHandle           db      0,0,'GetStdHandle',0
_ResumeThread           db      0,0,'ResumeThread',0
_SetProcessAffinityMask db      0,0,'SetProcessAffinityMask',0
_SetThreadAffinityMask  db      0,0,'SetThreadAffinityMask',0
_WaitForSingleObject    db      0,0,'WaitForSingleObject',0
_WriteFile              db      0,0,'WriteFile',0    
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sleepsleep 24 Oct 2021, 16:37
these cycles thing are far away from what am capable to digest,

the bcdedit also something i didn't use, let me try this on my vm, thanks.
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macgub 25 Oct 2021, 13:55
Code:
    
        lea     rax,[rsp+8*(4+3)]
        mov     [rsp+8*(4+1)],rax
        mov     dword [rsp+8*(4+0)],CREATE_SUSPENDED
        mov     r9,rbx                  ; argument for new thread = CPU number
        lea     r8,[per_cpu_thread]
        xor     edx,edx
        xor     ecx,ecx
        call    [CreateThread]
        or      rax,rax
        jz      L9
    

Code:
per_cpu_thread:
        push    rbx rbp rsi rdi

; rcx = parameter passed to thread = cpu number
        mov     rbp,rcx
;....
    

So as I see we can pass parameter to thread. Via rbx, rcx, r9 ? Its not clear for me.
So can I pass parameter in 32 bit to proc via CreateThread? Were it resides? In 32 parameters are passed via stack so maybye:
Code:
dword[ebp+4]? 
dword[ebp+8]?
    


Thanks Feryno for your code, it gives me some hope to solve a few problems I have in a clean, decent way. [/b]
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macgub 25 Oct 2021, 14:43
ok, I get kick to check. x32dbg say true:
Code:
 invoke CreateThread,NULL,NuLL,ThreadFunction,\
           0xa33,NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,\
           [ThreadID0]          
    

0xa33 is a passed parameter. In ebx. Fun Exclamation
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Picnic 27 Oct 2021, 11:47
donn wrote:
Windows 11 Upgrade: Yay or Nay and why?.


What? But I just installed Windows 10. No, not for now i guess.
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wizgogo 28 Oct 2021, 03:25
The ability to install android apps is Yay but the minimum system requirements is Nay.


Description: Android App DraStic DS on Windows 11
Filesize: 291.59 KB
Viewed: 3283 Time(s)

DrasticDSWin11.jpg


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sinsi 07 Nov 2021, 02:44
How the #!*% can you break something so basic? The LEDs on my keyboard don't light up. The lock keys work, just the LED doesn't light up.
Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview, dev version, build 22494.1000

Of course I can't revert to Windows 10, I have to do a full reinstall...sucked in me Smile
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revolution 07 Nov 2021, 05:53
sinsi wrote:
How the #!*% can you break something so basic?
Because MS just don't care any more?

They fired all the testers and use paying customers to figure our their problems for them?

They are so busy making code to grab ever more of your data that stuff like making the system work for you are not a priority any more?

All of the above?

Razz
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