DynamoRIO/drmemory

Add handling for new Win10 1809 syscalls, esp NtCreateSectionEx

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#2,216 opened on Jul 25, 2019

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Description

Split from #2126

New syscalls:

USER32(NtConfigureInputSpace
USER32(NtDCompositionGetMaterialProperty
USER32(NtDCompositionSetChannelConnectionId
USER32(NtDCompositionSetMaterialProperty
USER32(NtDxgkCreateTrackedWorkload
USER32(NtDxgkDestroyTrackedWorkload
USER32(NtDxgkEndTrackedWorkload
USER32(NtDxgkGetAvailableTrackedWorkloadIndex
USER32(NtDxgkGetTrackedWorkloadStatistics
USER32(NtDxgkResetTrackedWorkload
USER32(NtDxgkSubmitPresentToHwQueue
USER32(NtDxgkUpdateTrackedWorkload
USER32(NtFlipObjectPresentCancel
USER32(NtSetCursorInputSpace
USER32(NtSetPointerDeviceInputSpace
USER32(NtSetShellCursorState
USER32(NtUserCallHwndLockSafe
USER32(NtUserCallHwndParamLockSafe
USER32(NtUserCallHwndSafe
USER32(NtUserDeferWindowDpiChanges
USER32(NtUserForceWindowToDpiForTest
USER32(NtUserGetCurrentDpiInfoForWindow
USER32(NtUserGetKeyboardLayout
USER32(NtUserGetRequiredCursorSizes
USER32(NtUserRestoreWindowDpiChanges
USER32(NtUserSetForegroundWindowForApplication
GDI32(NtGdiDdDDIGetSharedResourceAdapterLuidFlipManager
NTDLL(LdrpThunkTemplate
NTDLL(NtCreateSectionEx
NTDLL(NtManageHotPatch
NTDLL(RtlpDiskSpeedPolicy

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Research direction
Start by understanding how drmemory currently handles syscalls, especially the NtCreateSection syscall. Then, for each listed new syscall, replicate the pattern in the appropriate handler files. Begin with NtCreateSectionEx as it is a variant of NtCreateSection.
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c
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operating systems
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CWindows Internals
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