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* Fix localization text, Intune capitalization, ADMX indentation, unused import - distributions/validate.py: Remove unused 'import base64' - en-US/en-GB Resources.resw: Fix word order 'the list distribution' -> 'the distribution list' in MessageCouldFetchDistributionList - en-US/en-GB Resources.resw: Remove trailing space from MessageCorruptedDistroRegistration value - intune/en-US/WSL.adml: Fix 'For Linux' -> 'for Linux' capitalization (5 occurrences) to match official product name - intune/WSL.admx: Fix inconsistent 3-space indent to 4-space on AllowWSL1 and CustomKernelUserSettingConfigurable policies * Fix grammar, typos, and formatting in docs and source code - WmiService.h: Fix duplicated word 'of of' -> 'is of' in WQL comment - drvfs.md: Fix 'which tell' -> 'which tells' (subject-verb agreement), double space, second 'tell' -> 'tells' - systemd.md: Fix 'tries synchronizes' -> 'tries to synchronize' - wslhost.exe.md: Fix 'processes terminates' -> 'process terminates' - boot-process.md: Add missing 'in' preposition, fix C:/ -> C:\, fix lowercase 'linux' to 'Linux' (4 occurrences), fix misplaced parenthesis - init.md: Fix double space before hvsocket backtick - session-leader.md: Fix heading level ## -> ### to match sibling section - CONTRIBUTING.md: Fix double period after bold security notice - debugging.md: Fix missing word 'be' in 'can enabled', fix 'process' -> 'processes' - index.md: Add missing period at end of sentence - technical-documentation/index.md: Fix 'API's' -> 'APIs' (remove incorrect apostrophe) - relay.md: Fix lowercase 'linux' to 'Linux' (3 occurrences) - localhost.md: Fix lowercase 'linux' to 'Linux' - plan9.md: Fix lowercase 'linux' to 'Linux' * update errormessages testcase --------- Co-authored-by: Ben Hillis <benhill@ntdev.microsoft.com>
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WSL Overview
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%%{ init: {
'flowchart': { 'curve': 'stepBefore' },
'theme': 'neutral'
}
}%%
graph
subgraph Windows["<b><p style="font-size:30px">Windows</p></b>"]
C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe["C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe"]---|"CreateProcess()"|wsl.exe;
wsl.exe[<a href="wsl.exe">wsl.exe</a>]---|COM|wslservice.exe;
wslg.exe[<a href="wslg.exe">wslg.exe</a>]---|COM|wslservice.exe;
wslconfig.exe[<a href="wslconfig.exe">wslconfig.exe</a>]---|COM|wslservice.exe;
wslapi.dll[<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/api/wslapi/">wslapi.dll</a>]---|COM|wslservice.exe;
id[debian.exe, ubuntu.exe, ]---|"LoadLibrary()"|wslapi.dll;
wslservice.exe[<a href="wslservice.exe">wslservice.exe</a>]---|"CreateProcessAsUser()"|wslrelay.exe[<a href="wslrelay.exe">wslrelay.exe</a>];
wslservice.exe---|"CreateProcessAsUser()"|wslhost.exe[<a href="wslhost.exe">wslhost.exe</a>];
fs["Windows filesystem (//wsl.localhost)"]
end
wslservice.exe -----|hvsocket| mini_init
wslservice.exe -----|hvsocket| gns
fs---|hvsocket|plan9
wsl.exe---|hvsocket|relay
subgraph Linux["<b><p style="font-size:30px">Linux</p></b>"]
mini_init[<a href="mini_init">mini_init</a>]---|"exec()"|gns[<a href="gns">gns</a>]
mini_init---|"exec()"|init[<a href="init">init</a>];
mini_init---|"exec()"|localhost[<a href="localhost">localhost</a>];
subgraph "Linux Distribution"["<b><p style="font-size:23px">Linux Distribution</p></b>"]
init[<a href="init">init</a>]---|"exec()"|plan9[<a href="plan9">plan9</a>];
init---|"exec()"|sid[session leader];
sid[<a href="session-leader">session leader</a>]---|"exec()"|relay
relay[<a href="relay">relay</a>]---|"exec()"|cid["User command (bash, curl)"]
end
end