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KernWakeup

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This wakes up threads that are blocking in KernBlock. The eventid to be specified has to match the eventid used in KernBlock. It is possible to submit a 32 bit return value to the unblocked thread. The number of threads that are unblocked is returned.

Synopsis

APIRET APIENTRY KernWakeup(ULONG eventid, ULONG flags, PULONG tcnt, ULONG retdata);

Parameters

eventid (ULONG) - input
Event id of the blocked thread(s).
flags (ULONG) - input
One or more of the following flag bits:
KEE_WAKE_SINGLE - Only wakeup the first matching thread; by default, if multiple threads are waiting, all will be awaking.
KEE_WAKE_PRIOINCR - Run the woke threads with higher priority.
KEE_WAKE_RETDATA - return data value specified to the KernBlock retdata variable. By default, nothing is returned.
tcnt (PULONG) - input
pointer to an ULONG to return the actual number of threads that were woke. Ignored when NULL.
retdata (ULONG) - input
Data to be returned to the unblocked threads. Ignored when KEE_WAKE_RETDATA is not set.

Comments

I don't know whether the priority increase issued by KEE_WAKE_PRIOINCR is permanent, or only for the current timeslice. It shouldn't be permanent.