Inside the Windows I/O Manager: deep dive into how read I/O requests are initialized

In this article. I am going to explain the different steps the I/O manager follows when initializing an I/O operation starting from determining the right target, choosing the right path and finally sending the request to be processed by the right drivers. To make it easier I choose to focus on read requests only since the major steps are common by all types of requests.

Win-Ware

A very in-depth look at Windows' I/O Manager.