VirtualQueryEx

The VirtualQueryEx function provides information about a range of pages within the virtual address space of a specified process.

DWORD VirtualQueryEx(
  HANDLE hProcess,    // handle to process
  LPCVOID lpAddress,  // address of region
  PMEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION lpBuffer,
                      // address of information buffer
  DWORD dwLength      // size of buffer
);
 

Parameters

hProcess

Handle to the process whose memory information is queried. The handle must have PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION access.

lpAddress

Pointer to the base address of the region of pages to be queried. This value is rounded down to the next page boundary. To determine the size of a page on the host computer, use the GetSystemInfo function.

lpBuffer

Pointer to a MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION structure in which information about the specified page range is returned.

dwLength

Specifies the size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by the lpBuffer parameter.

Return Values

The return value is the actual number of bytes returned in the information buffer.

Remarks

VirtualQueryEx provides information about a region of consecutive pages beginning at a specified address that share the following attributes:

• The state of all pages is the same with the MEM_COMMIT, MEM_RESERVE, MEM_FREE, MEM_PRIVATE, MEM_MAPPED, or MEM_IMAGE flag.
• If the initial page is not free, all pages in the region are part of the same initial allocation of pages reserved by a call to the VirtualAlloc function.
• The access of all pages is the same with the PAGE_READONLY, PAGE_READWRITE, PAGE_NOACCESS, PAGE_WRITECOPY, PAGE_EXECUTE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READ, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY, PAGE_GUARD, or PAGE_NOCACHE flag.

The VirtualQueryEx function determines the attributes of the first page in the region and then scans subsequent pages until it scans the entire range of pages, or until it encounters a page with a nonmatching set of attributes. The function returns the attributes and the size, in bytes, of the region of pages with matching attributes. For example, if there is a 40 megabyte (MB) region of free memory, and VirtualQueryEx is called on a page that is 10 MB into the region, the function will obtain a state of MEM_FREE and a size of 30 MB.

This function is identical to the VirtualQuery function, except that it enables access to information about memory in a specified process.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winbase.h.
  Import Library: Use kernel32.lib.

See Also

Memory Management Overview, Memory Management Functions, GetSystemInfo, MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION, VirtualAlloc, VirtualProtectEx, VirtualQuery, VirtualQueryVlm