Windows is a nightmare.

Arena.cc

@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@
 
 #define PROT_RW                (PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ)
 #elif defined(__WIN64__) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(WIN32)
-#include <Windows.h>
+#include "WinHelpers.h"
-#include <winbase.h>
+#pragma comment(lib, "advapi32.lib")
-#include <fileapi.h>
-#include <strsafe.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <ios>
@@ -136,40 +134,6 @@ Arena::Create(const char *path, size_t fileSize)
 	return this->Open(path);
 }
 #elif defined(__WIN64__) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(WIN32)
-static void
-displayWinErr(LPTSTR lpszFunction)
-{
-	// Retrieve the system error message for the last-error code
-
-	LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
-	LPVOID lpDisplayBuf;
-	DWORD dw = GetLastError();
-
-	FormatMessage(
-	    FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
-	    FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
-	    FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-	    NULL,
-	    dw,
-	    MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
-	    (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
-	    0, NULL );
-
-	// Display the error message and exit the process
-
-	lpDisplayBuf = (LPVOID)LocalAlloc(LMEM_ZEROINIT,
-					  (lstrlen((LPCTSTR)lpMsgBuf) + lstrlen((LPCTSTR)lpszFunction) + 40) * sizeof(TCHAR));
-	StringCchPrintf((LPTSTR)lpDisplayBuf,
-			LocalSize(lpDisplayBuf) / sizeof(TCHAR),
-			TEXT("%s failed with error %d: %s"),
-			lpszFunction, dw, lpMsgBuf);
-	MessageBox(NULL, (LPCTSTR)lpDisplayBuf, TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);
-
-	LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
-	LocalFree(lpDisplayBuf);
-}
-
-
 int
 Arena::Open(const char *path)
 {
@@ -189,20 +153,16 @@ Arena::Open(const char *path)
 	    FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
 	    NULL);
 	if (fHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-		displayWinErr("CreateFileA");
+		return Windows::DisplayWinError("CreateFileA", NULL);
-		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (SetFilePointer(fHandle, 0, 0, FILE_BEGIN) != 0) {
-		displayWinErr("SetFilePointer");
+		return Windows::DisplayWinError("SetFilePointer", fHandle);
-		CloseHandle(fHandle);
-		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (GetFileSizeEx(fHandle, reinterpret_cast<PLARGE_INTEGER>(&fSize)) != TRUE) {
+	if (GetFileSizeEx(fHandle, reinterpret_cast<PLARGE_INTEGER>(&fSize)) !=
-		displayWinErr("GetFileSizeEx");
+	    TRUE) {
-		CloseHandle(fHandle);
+		return Windows::DisplayWinError("GetFileSizeEx", fHandle);
-		return -1;
 	}
 
 	this->SetAlloc(fSize);
@@ -217,10 +177,9 @@ Arena::Open(const char *path)
 			     &overlap) != TRUE) {
 			auto errorCode = GetLastError();
 			if (errorCode != ERROR_HANDLE_EOF) {
-				displayWinErr("ReadFile");
-				CloseHandle(fHandle);
 				this->Destroy();
-				return -1;
+
+				return Windows::DisplayWinError("ReadFile", fHandle);
 			}
 			break;
 		}
@@ -235,32 +194,15 @@ Arena::Open(const char *path)
 
 
 int
-Arena::Create(const char *path, size_t fileSize, DWORD mode)
+Arena::Create(const char *path, size_t fileSize)
 {
-	HANDLE 		 fHandle;
+	auto	errorCode = Windows::CreateFixedSizeFile(path, fileSize);
-
+	if (errorCode != 0) {
-	fHandle = CreateFileA(
+		return errorCode;
-	    (LPSTR)path,
-	    GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE,
-	    mode,
-	    NULL,
-	    CREATE_ALWAYS,
-	    FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-	    NULL);
-	if (fHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-		displayWinErr("Create::CreateFileA");
-		return -1;
 	}
-
-	if (SetFileValidData(fHandle, fileSize) != fileSize) {
-		displayWinErr("SetFileValidData");
-		CloseHandle(fHandle);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	CloseHandle(fHandle);
 	return this->Open(path);
 }
+
 #endif
 
 bool

Arena.h

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public:
 	int	 Create(const char *path, size_t fileSize);
 #elif defined(__WIN64__) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(WIN32)
 
-	int Create(const char *path, size_t fileSize, DWORD mode);
+	int Create(const char *path, size_t fileSize);
 
 #endif
 	/// Open reads a file into the arena; the file must already exist. On

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ set(HEADER_FILES
         Dictionary.h
         Exceptions.h
         Test.h
-        TLV.h)
+        TLV.h
+        WinHelpers.h)
 
 set(SOURCE_FILES
         Arena.cc
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES
         Test.cc
         TLV.cc
         Commander.cpp
-        Commander.h)
+        Commander.h
+        WinHelpers.cpp)
 
 add_library(klib STATIC ${SOURCE_FILES} ${HEADER_FILES})
 

WinHelpers.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+//
+// Created by kyle on 2023-10-10.
+//
+
+#if defined(__WIN64__) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(WIN32)
+
+#include "WinHelpers.h"
+
+
+namespace klib {
+namespace Windows {
+
+
+int
+DisplayWinError(LPTSTR lpszFunction, HANDLE handle)
+{
+	// Retrieve the system error message for the last-error code
+	DWORD dw = GetLastError();
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+	LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
+	LPVOID lpDisplayBuf;
+
+	FormatMessage(
+	    FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
+	    FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+	    FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+	    NULL,
+	    dw,
+	    MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+	    (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
+	    0, NULL);
+
+	// Display the error message and exit the process
+	lpDisplayBuf = (LPVOID) LocalAlloc(LMEM_ZEROINIT,
+					   (lstrlen((LPCTSTR) lpMsgBuf) +
+					    lstrlen((LPCTSTR) lpszFunction) +
+					    40) * sizeof(TCHAR));
+	StringCchPrintf((LPTSTR) lpDisplayBuf,
+			LocalSize(lpDisplayBuf) / sizeof(TCHAR),
+			TEXT("%s failed with error %d: %s"),
+			lpszFunction, dw, lpMsgBuf);
+	MessageBox(NULL, (LPCTSTR) lpDisplayBuf, TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);
+
+	LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
+	LocalFree(lpDisplayBuf);
+#endif
+	if ((handle != NULL) && (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)) {
+		CloseHandle(handle);
+	}
+	return dw;
+}
+
+
+BOOL SetPrivilege(
+    HANDLE hToken,          // access token handle
+    LPCTSTR lpszPrivilege,  // name of privilege to enable/disable
+    BOOL bEnablePrivilege   // to enable or disable privilege
+)
+{
+	TOKEN_PRIVILEGES tp;
+	LUID luid;
+
+	if (!LookupPrivilegeValue(
+	    NULL,            // lookup privilege on local system
+	    lpszPrivilege,   // privilege to lookup
+	    &luid))        // receives LUID of privilege
+	{
+		printf("LookupPrivilegeValue error: %u\n", GetLastError());
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	tp.PrivilegeCount = 1;
+	tp.Privileges[0].Luid = luid;
+	if (bEnablePrivilege)
+		tp.Privileges[0].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
+	else
+		tp.Privileges[0].Attributes = 0;
+
+	// Enable the privilege or disable all privileges.
+
+	if (!AdjustTokenPrivileges(
+	    hToken,
+	    FALSE,
+	    &tp,
+	    sizeof(TOKEN_PRIVILEGES),
+	    (PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES) NULL,
+	    (PDWORD) NULL)) {
+		printf("AdjustTokenPrivileges error: %u\n", GetLastError());
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	if (GetLastError() == ERROR_NOT_ALL_ASSIGNED) {
+		printf("The token does not have the specified privilege. \n");
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+HANDLE
+CreateFileWindows(const char *path)
+{
+	HANDLE fHandle;
+
+	return CreateFileA(
+	    (LPSTR) path,
+	    (GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE),
+	    (FILE_SHARE_DELETE | FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE),
+	    NULL,
+	    CREATE_ALWAYS,
+	    FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+	    NULL);
+}
+
+
+int
+CreateFixedSizeFile(const char *path, size_t size)
+{
+	_LARGE_INTEGER fileSize;
+
+	fileSize.QuadPart = size;
+
+	HANDLE fHandle = CreateFileWindows(path);
+	if (SetFilePointerEx(fHandle, fileSize, nullptr, FILE_BEGIN) != TRUE) {
+		return DisplayWinError("SetFilePointerEx", fHandle);
+	}
+
+	if (SetEndOfFile(fHandle) != TRUE) {
+		return DisplayWinError("SetEndOfFile", fHandle);
+	}
+
+	CloseHandle(fHandle);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+} // namespace Windows
+} // namespace klib
+
+
+#endif

WinHelpers.h

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//
+// Created by kyle on 2023-10-10.
+//
+
+#ifndef KLIB_WINHELPERS_H
+#define KLIB_WINHELPERS_H
+
+#if defined(__WIN64__) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(WIN32)
+
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <winbase.h>
+#include <fileapi.h>
+#include <strsafe.h>
+
+namespace klib {
+namespace Windows {
+
+
+int DisplayWinError(LPTSTR lpszFunction, HANDLE handle);
+
+BOOL SetPrivilege(
+    HANDLE hToken,          // access token handle
+    LPCTSTR lpszPrivilege,  // name of privilege to enable/disable
+    BOOL bEnablePrivilege   // to enable or disable privilege
+);
+
+HANDLE CreateFileWindows(const char *path);
+
+int CreateFixedSizeFile(const char *path, size_t size);
+
+
+
+
+} // namespace Windows
+} // namespace klib
+
+#endif // Windows-only guards.
+
+#endif //KLIB_WINHELPERS_H

bufferTest.cc

@@ -16,43 +16,43 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	Buffer goodbyeWorld("goodbye, world");
 	Buffer goodbyeCruelWorld("goodbye, cruel world");
 
-	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer << "\n";
 
 	buffer.Insert(1, (uint8_t *) "el", 2);
 	buffer.Append('!');
 	assert(buffer == helloWorld);
 
-	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer << "\n";
 
 	buffer.Remove(buffer.Length() - 1);
-	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer << "\n";
 	buffer.Remove(0, 5);
-	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer << "\n";
 	buffer.Insert(0, 'g');
-	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer << "\n";
 	buffer.Insert(1, (uint8_t *) "oodbye", 6);
-	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer << "\n";
 	assert(buffer == goodbyeWorld);
 	buffer.Insert(9, (uint8_t *)"cruel ", 6);
 
-	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer << "\n";
 	buffer.HexDump(std::cout);
 
 	buffer.Reclaim();
 	buffer.Append("and now for something completely different...");
 
-	std::cout << buffer.Contents() << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer.Contents() << "\n";
-	std::cout << "Length: " << buffer.Length() << ", capacity " << buffer.Capacity() << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "Length: " << buffer.Length() << ", capacity " << buffer.Capacity() << "\n";
 	buffer.Resize(128);
-	std::cout << "Length: " << buffer.Length() << ", capacity " << buffer.Capacity() << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "Length: " << buffer.Length() << ", capacity " << buffer.Capacity() << "\n";
 	buffer.Trim();
-	std::cout << "Length: " << buffer.Length() << ", capacity " << buffer.Capacity() << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "Length: " << buffer.Length() << ", capacity " << buffer.Capacity() << "\n";
 
 	Buffer	buffer2("and now for something completely different...");
 	assert(buffer == buffer2);
 
 	buffer2.Remove(buffer2.Length()-3, 3);
-	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+	std::cout << buffer << "\n";
 	assert(buffer != buffer2);
 
 	return 0;

dictionaryTest.cc

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ testSetKV(Dictionary &pb, const char *k, uint8_t kl, const char *v,
 	  uint8_t vl)
 {
 	bool	ok;
-	std::cout << "test Set " << k << "->" << v << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "test Set " << k << "->" << v << "\n";
 	ok = pb.Set(k, kl, v, vl) == 0;
 	std::cout << "\tSet complete\n";
 	return ok;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	TLV::Record	value;
 	TLV::Record	expect;
 
-	std::cout << "TESTPROG: " << argv[0] << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "TESTPROG: " << argv[0] << "\n";
 
 	#if defined(__linux__)
 	if (arena.Create(ARENA_FILE, ARENA_SIZE) == -1) {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 		abort();
 	}
 	#endif
-	std::cout << arena << std::endl;
+	std::cout << arena << "\n";
 	TLV::SetRecord(expect, DICTIONARY_TAG_VAL, TEST_KVSTRLEN3, TEST_KVSTR3);
 
 	Dictionary	dict(arena);
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 
 	assert(cmpRecord(value, expect));
 
-	std::cout << "test overwriting key" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "test overwriting key" << "\n";
 	assert(testSetKV(dict, TEST_KVSTR2, TEST_KVSTRLEN2, TEST_KVSTR6,
 			 TEST_KVSTRLEN6));
 	std::cout << dict;
 	TLV::SetRecord(expect, DICTIONARY_TAG_VAL, TEST_KVSTRLEN6, TEST_KVSTR6);
-	std::cout << "\tlookup" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tlookup" << "\n";
 	assert(dict.Lookup(TEST_KVSTR2, TEST_KVSTRLEN2, value));
-	std::cout << "\tcompare records" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tcompare records" << "\n";
 	assert(cmpRecord(value, expect));
 
-	std::cout << "\tadd new key to dictionary" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tadd new key to dictionary" << "\n";
 	assert(testSetKV(dict, TEST_KVSTR3, TEST_KVSTRLEN3, TEST_KVSTR5,
 			 TEST_KVSTRLEN5));
 	std::cout << dict;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	assert(dict.Lookup(TEST_KVSTR4, TEST_KVSTRLEN4, value));
 	assert(cmpRecord(value, expect));
 
-	std::cout << "OK" <<std::endl;
+	std::cout << "OK" <<"\n";
 
 	// Dump the generated arena for inspection later.
 	#if defined(__linux__)

tlvTest.cc

@@ -21,29 +21,29 @@ tlvTestSuite(Arena &backend)
 	TLV::Record	 rec1, rec2, rec3, rec4;
 	uint8_t		*cursor = nullptr;
 
-	std::cout << "\tSetting first three records." << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tSetting first three records." << "\n";
 	TLV::SetRecord(rec1, 1, TEST_STRLEN1, TEST_STR1);
 	TLV::SetRecord(rec2, 2, TEST_STRLEN2, TEST_STR2);
 	TLV::SetRecord(rec3, 1, TEST_STRLEN4, TEST_STR4);
 	rec4.Tag = 1;
 
-	std::cout << "\twriting new rec1" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\twriting new rec1" << "\n";
 	assert(TLV::WriteToMemory(backend, cursor, rec1) != nullptr);
-	std::cout << "\twriting new rec2" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\twriting new rec2" << "\n";
 	assert((cursor = TLV::WriteToMemory(backend, cursor, rec2)) != nullptr);
-	std::cout << "\twriting new rec3" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\twriting new rec3" << "\n";
 	assert(TLV::WriteToMemory(backend, cursor, rec3) != nullptr);
 	cursor = nullptr;
 
 	// the cursor should point at the next record,
 	// and rec4 should contain the same data as rec1.
-	std::cout << "\tFindTag 1" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tFindTag 1" << "\n";
 	cursor = TLV::FindTag(backend, cursor, rec4);
 	assert(cursor != nullptr); 
 	assert(cursor != backend.NewCursor());
 	assert(cmpRecord(rec1, rec4));
 
-	std::cout << "\tFindTag 2" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "\tFindTag 2" << "\n";
 	cursor = TLV::FindTag(backend, cursor, rec4);
 	assert(cursor != nullptr);
 	assert(cmpRecord(rec3, rec4));
@@ -62,20 +62,22 @@ tlvTestSuite(Arena &backend)
 bool
 runSuite(Arena &backend, const char *label)
 {
-	std::cout << backend << std::endl;
+	std::exception exc;
+
+	std::cout << backend << "\n";
 	std::cout << "running test suite " << label << ": ";
 	try {
 		tlvTestSuite(backend);
 	} catch (std::exception &exc){
-		std::cout << "FAILED" << std::endl;
+		std::cout << "FAILED: " << exc.what() << "\n";
 		return false;
 	}
-	std::cout << "OK" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "OK" << "\n";
 
 	std::cout << "\tdestroying arena: ";
 	backend.Destroy();
 
-	std::cout << "OK" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "OK" << "\n";
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	Arena	arenaStatic;
 	Arena	arenaMem;
 
-	std::cout << "TESTPROG: " << argv[0] << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "TESTPROG: " << argv[0] << "\n";
 
 	if (-1 == arenaStatic.SetStatic(arenaBuffer, ARENA_SIZE)) {
 		abort();
@@ -98,8 +100,10 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	arenaStatic.Clear();
 
 	Arena	arenaFile;
+	auto	status = arenaFile.Create(ARENA_FILE, ARENA_SIZE);
 
-	if (-1 == arenaFile.Create(ARENA_FILE, ARENA_SIZE)) {
+	if (status != 0) {
+		std::cerr << "Create failed with error " << status << "\n";
 		abort();
 	} else if (!runSuite(arenaFile, "arenaFile")) {
 		abort();
@@ -112,6 +116,6 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	}
 	arenaMem.Clear();
 
-	std::cout << "OK" << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "OK" << "\n";
 	return 0;
 }