This structure contains information about a range of pages in the virtual address space of a process. The VirtualQuery function uses this structure.
typedef struct _MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION { PVOID BaseAddress; PVOID AllocationBase; DWORD AllocationProtect; DWORD RegionSize; DWORD State; DWORD Protect; DWORD Type; } MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION; typedef MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION *PMEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION;
Members
BaseAddress
Pointer to the base address of the region of pages.AllocationBase
Pointer to the base address of a range of pages allocated by the VirtualAlloc function. The page pointed to by the BaseAddress member is contained within this allocation range.AllocationProtect
Specifies the access protection given when the region was initially allocated.Note This field is not supported.
The following table shows this member's flags. Any one of these flags can be present, along with the PAGE_GUARD and PAGE_NOCACHE protection modifier flags.
Value Description PAGE_READONLY Enables read access to the committed region of pages. An attempt to write to the committed region results in an access violation.
If the system differentiates between read-only access and execute access, an attempt to execute code in the committed region results in an access violation.
PAGE_READWRITE Enables both read and write access to the committed region of pages. PAGE_WRITECOPY Gives copy-on-write access to the committed region of pages. PAGE_EXECUTE Enables execute access to the committed region of pages. An attempt to read or write to the committed region results in an access violation.
PAGE_EXECUTE_READ Enables execute and read access to the committed region of pages. An attempt to write to the committed region results in an access violation.
PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE Enables execute, read, and write access to the committed region of pages. PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY Enables execute, read, and write access to the committed region of pages. The pages are shared read-on-write and copy-on-write.
PAGE_GUARD Protects the page with the underlying page protection. However, access to the region causes a guard-page entered condition to be raised in the subject process. This flag is a page protection modifier and is only valid when used with a page protection other than PAGE_NOACCESS.
PAGE_NOACCESS Disables all access to the committed region of pages. An attempt to read from, write to, or execute in the committed region results in an access violation exception, called a general protection (GP) fault.
PAGE_NOCACHE Allows no caching of the committed regions of pages. The hardware attributes for the physical memory should be set to no cache. This is not recommended for general use. It is useful for device drivers; for example, mapping a video frame buffer with no caching.
This flag is a page protection modifier and is only valid when used with a page protection other than PAGE_NOACCESS.
RegionSize
Specifies the size, in bytes, of the region beginning at the base address in which all pages have identical attributes.State
Specifies the state of the pages in the region.The following table shows the possible values.
Value Description MEM_COMMIT Indicates committed pages for which physical storage has been allocated, either in memory or in the paging file on disk. MEM_FREE Indicates free pages not accessible to the calling process and available to be allocated. For free pages, the information in the AllocationBase, AllocationProtect, Protect, and Type members is undefined.
MEM_RESERVE Indicates reserved pages where a range of the virtual address space of the process is reserved without physical storage being allocated. For reserved pages, the information in the Protect member is undefined.
Protect
Specifies the access protection of the pages in the region.One of the flags listed for the AllocationProtect member is specified.
Type
Specifies the type of pages in the region.The following table shows the possible values.
Value Description MEM_IMAGE Indicates that the memory pages within the region are mapped into the view of an image section. MEM_MAPPED Indicates that the memory pages within the region are mapped into the view of a section. MEM_PRIVATE Indicates that the memory pages within the region are private (that is, not shared by other processes).
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Winnt.h.
See Also
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