golang, call GetVolumeInformation winapi function - winapi

Question

Tries to call GetVolumeInformation function from golang. Want to get volume name.
Use spec's of api:
BOOL WINAPI GetVolumeInformation(
_In_opt_ LPCTSTR lpRootPathName,
_Out_opt_ LPTSTR lpVolumeNameBuffer,
_In_ DWORD nVolumeNameSize,
_Out_opt_ LPDWORD lpVolumeSerialNumber,
_Out_opt_ LPDWORD lpMaximumComponentLength,
_Out_opt_ LPDWORD lpFileSystemFlags,
_Out_opt_ LPTSTR lpFileSystemNameBuffer,
_In_ DWORD nFileSystemNameSize
);
Use code:
// test
package main
import (
"fmt"
"syscall"
"unsafe"
)
func main() {
var lpRootPathName = "C:\\"
var lpVolumeNameBuffer string
var nVolumeNameSize uint64
var lpVolumeSerialNumber uint64
var lpMaximumComponentLength uint64
var lpFileSystemFlags uint64
var lpFileSystemNameBuffer string
var nFileSystemNameSize uint32
kernel32, _ := syscall.LoadLibrary("kernel32.dll")
getVolume, _ := syscall.GetProcAddress(kernel32, "GetVolumeInformationW")
var nargs uintptr = 8
ret, _, callErr := syscall.Syscall9(uintptr(getVolume),
nargs,
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(syscall.StringToUTF16Ptr(lpRootPathName))),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&lpVolumeNameBuffer)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&nVolumeNameSize)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&lpVolumeSerialNumber)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&lpMaximumComponentLength)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&lpFileSystemFlags)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&lpFileSystemNameBuffer)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&nFileSystemNameSize)),
0)
fmt.Println(ret, callErr, lpVolumeNameBuffer)
}
... and finally have error :(
unexpected fault address 0xffffffffffffffff
fatal error: fault
[signal 0xc0000005 code=0x0 addr=0xffffffffffffffff pc=0x456b11]
Don't understand and google cant'd help with calling winapi functions and returng string as result.
Thank's.

Answer 1

Package unsafe
Package unsafe contains operations that step around the type safety of
Go programs.
type Pointer
type Pointer *ArbitraryType
Pointer represents a pointer to an arbitrary type. There are four
special operations available for type Pointer that are not available
for other types.
1) A pointer value of any type can be converted to a Pointer.
2) A Pointer can be converted to a pointer value of any type.
3) A uintptr can be converted to a Pointer.
4) A Pointer can be converted to a uintptr.
Pointer therefore allows a program to defeat the type system and read
and write arbitrary memory. It should be used with extreme care.
You failed to heed the warning that unsafe.Pointer "should be used with extreme care."
Try this:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"syscall"
"unsafe"
)
func main() {
var RootPathName = `C:\`
var VolumeNameBuffer = make([]uint16, syscall.MAX_PATH+1)
var nVolumeNameSize = uint32(len(VolumeNameBuffer))
var VolumeSerialNumber uint32
var MaximumComponentLength uint32
var FileSystemFlags uint32
var FileSystemNameBuffer = make([]uint16, 255)
var nFileSystemNameSize uint32 = syscall.MAX_PATH + 1
kernel32, _ := syscall.LoadLibrary("kernel32.dll")
getVolume, _ := syscall.GetProcAddress(kernel32, "GetVolumeInformationW")
var nargs uintptr = 8
ret, _, callErr := syscall.Syscall9(uintptr(getVolume),
nargs,
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(syscall.StringToUTF16Ptr(RootPathName))),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&VolumeNameBuffer[0])),
uintptr(nVolumeNameSize),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&VolumeSerialNumber)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&MaximumComponentLength)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&FileSystemFlags)),
uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&FileSystemNameBuffer[0])),
uintptr(nFileSystemNameSize),
0)
fmt.Println(ret, callErr, syscall.UTF16ToString(VolumeNameBuffer))
}

Answer 2

I don't know the exact problem you are having but I think it is likely because you are not using the functions in https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go related to converting from the format that comes out of the kernel to what Go needs. Look at other callers to UTF16ToString, like in env_windows.go, to see how they are used.