Managing handles (handle_api.h)

The API is defined in the sysroot-*-kos/include/coresrv/handle/handle_api.h header file from the KasperskyOS SDK.

The API is intended for performing operations with handles. Handles have the Handle type, which is defined in the header file sysroot-*-kos/include/handle/handletype.h from the KasperskyOS SDK.

Locality of handles

Each process receives handles from its own handle space irrespective of other processes. The handle spaces of different processes are absolutely identical in that they consist of the same set of values. Therefore, a handle is unique (has a unique value) only within the handle space of the single process that owns the particular handle. In other words, different processes may have identical handles that identify different resources, or may have different handles that identify the same resource.

In this section Handle permissions mask Creating handles Transferring handles Duplicating handles Dereferencing handles Revoking handles Closing handles Getting a security ID (SID) OCap usage example

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