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enricobuehler 9f50b3930d feat(host/windows): two-process secure-desktop step 4 — spawn helper + relay AUs
The SYSTEM host now sources the normal-desktop video from a user-session WGC
helper instead of capturing in-process (WGC won't activate as SYSTEM). New
`capture/wgc_relay.rs`: `HelperRelay::spawn` launches `m3-host wgc-helper` in the
interactive user session via CreateProcessAsUserW (WTSQueryUserToken →
DuplicateTokenEx(TokenPrimary) → lpDesktop="winsta0\\default", CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
with three anonymous pipes — stdout (framed Annex-B AUs → parsed back to
RelayAu), stdin (control: force-keyframe), stderr (helper logs → host tracing).
The host holds the SudoVDA keepalive (sole isolation/topology owner); the helper
captures by GDI name only.

m3.rs: `virtual_stream` dispatches to the new `virtual_stream_relay` when
`should_use_helper()` (running as SYSTEM, or PUNKTFUNK_FORCE_HELPER; disable with
PUNKTFUNK_NO_HELPER). The relay loop feeds the existing send thread — same
FEC/seal/paced-send path. Reconfigure rebuilds the output + re-spawns the helper;
keyframe requests forward over the control pipe; helper pts_ns (same-machine
monotonic clock) is used directly as capture_ns. Disconnect ends the stream
(step 6 adds the relaunch watchdog).

wgc_helper.rs: reads the stdin control byte to request an IDR; --bit-depth flag
threaded through so SDR 10-bit (Main10) negotiation reaches the helper's encoder.

cfg-gated windows-only; Linux/macOS build unaffected. Step 5 (DesktopWatcher mux
to host DDA on the Winlogon secure desktop) is next.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-16 07:43:20 +00:00

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//! USER-session WGC helper (Windows) — part of the two-process secure-desktop design
//! (docs/windows-secure-desktop.md).
//!
//! WGC won't activate under the SYSTEM account, but the host must run as SYSTEM for the secure
//! desktop. So the SYSTEM host spawns THIS helper in the interactive user session
//! (`CreateProcessAsUserW`) to do the WGC capture + NVENC encode that needs the user token, and the
//! helper ships the encoded Annex-B access units back over its **stdout** pipe (which the host
//! inherits + reads). The host relays them on the live QUIC session while the normal desktop is up,
//! and switches to its own DDA encoder on the secure desktop. The helper captures the SAME SudoVDA
//! output **by GDI name only** — it never creates a virtual output / touches display topology (a
//! second topology owner would re-trigger the ACCESS_LOST born-lost storm).
//!
//! Wire framing on stdout, per AU: `[u32 len LE][u64 pts_ns LE][u8 keyframe][len bytes data]`.
use crate::capture::{dxgi::WinCaptureTarget, wgc::WgcCapturer, Capturer};
use crate::encode::{self, Codec};
use anyhow::{Context, Result};
use std::io::{Read, Write};
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
use std::sync::Arc;
pub struct HelperOptions {
pub target_id: u32,
pub gdi_name: String,
pub width: u32,
pub height: u32,
pub fps: u32,
pub bitrate_kbps: u32,
/// Negotiated encode bit depth (8, or 10 = HEVC Main10). HDR auto-upgrades to 10 from the
/// captured frame's `Rgb10a2` format regardless.
pub bit_depth: u8,
}
/// AU framing magic + version, so the host can resync / detect a helper crash on its stdout stream.
const AU_MAGIC: u32 = 0x5046_4155; // "PFAU"
/// Control byte the host writes on our stdin to force the next frame to be an IDR. Must match
/// `wgc_relay::CTL_KEYFRAME`.
const CTL_KEYFRAME: u8 = 0x01;
pub fn run(opts: HelperOptions) -> Result<()> {
tracing::info!(
target_id = opts.target_id,
gdi = %opts.gdi_name,
mode = format!("{}x{}@{}", opts.width, opts.height, opts.fps),
"WGC helper starting (user session)"
);
// Capture the EXISTING SudoVDA output by GDI name / target id — do NOT create one (the host owns
// the virtual output + its isolate/restore; a second topology owner breaks DDA recovery).
let target = WinCaptureTarget {
adapter_luid: 0,
gdi_name: opts.gdi_name.clone(),
target_id: opts.target_id,
};
let mut cap =
WgcCapturer::open(target, Some((opts.width, opts.height, opts.fps))).context("WGC open")?;
cap.set_active(true);
// First frame establishes the real dimensions + whether the desktop is HDR (the encoder derives
// Main10/HDR from the frame's PixelFormat::Rgb10a2). Then open NVENC on the capture device.
let first = cap.next_frame().context("first WGC frame")?;
let (w, h) = (first.width, first.height);
let mut enc = encode::open_video(
Codec::H265,
first.format,
w,
h,
opts.fps,
opts.bitrate_kbps as u64 * 1000,
false, // not cuda
opts.bit_depth, // 8, or 10 = Main10 (HDR auto-upgrades from the Rgb10a2 frame regardless)
)
.context("open NVENC")?;
// Control channel: the host writes a single byte on our stdin to force an IDR (client decode
// recovery), mirroring `enc.request_keyframe()` in the single-process path. A reader thread sets
// a flag the encode loop checks; stdin EOF (host gone) just stops the thread.
let kf = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
{
let kf = kf.clone();
std::thread::Builder::new()
.name("wgc-helper-ctl".into())
.spawn(move || {
let mut stdin = std::io::stdin();
let mut byte = [0u8; 1];
while let Ok(n) = stdin.read(&mut byte) {
if n == 0 {
break; // host closed our stdin
}
if byte[0] == CTL_KEYFRAME {
kf.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
}
}
})
.ok();
}
// Binary stdout — lock it once + write framed AUs. A short write / broken pipe means the host
// (parent) went away → exit cleanly so the host's relaunch watchdog can respawn us.
let stdout = std::io::stdout();
let mut out = stdout.lock();
let mut frame = first;
loop {
if kf.swap(false, Ordering::Relaxed) {
enc.request_keyframe();
}
enc.submit(&frame).context("encoder submit")?;
while let Some(au) = enc.poll().context("encoder poll")? {
if write_au(&mut out, &au).is_err() {
tracing::info!("WGC helper: stdout closed (host gone) — exiting");
return Ok(());
}
}
frame = cap.next_frame().context("WGC next frame")?;
}
}
fn write_au(out: &mut impl Write, au: &encode::EncodedFrame) -> std::io::Result<()> {
out.write_all(&AU_MAGIC.to_le_bytes())?;
out.write_all(&(au.data.len() as u32).to_le_bytes())?;
out.write_all(&au.pts_ns.to_le_bytes())?;
out.write_all(&[au.keyframe as u8])?;
out.write_all(&au.data)?;
out.flush()
}