clean up and standardize types across the codebase, unify atomic operations, improve UTF-8 handling throughout the system, remove obsolete input and named queue interfaces, redesign process preparation and creation, tighten IPC and service boundaries, improve error handling and reliability, minor documentation cleanup, fix doom surfaces, fix panic in ini parsing.

code/drivers/storage/ahci/ahci.c

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void AhciIsr(void) {
         if (!pending)
             continue;
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < ctl->driveCount; i++) {
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < ctl->driveCount; i++) {
             AHCI_DRIVE* drv = &ctl->drives[i];
             uint32_t portBit = (1u << drv->portNo);
             if (!(pending & portBit)) continue;
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static KSTATUS AhciDispatchControllerPnp(DEVICE_OBJECT* device, IRP* irp) {
         case IRP_MN_SURPRISE_REMOVAL:
             ctl->surpriseRemoved = true;
             device->PnpState = DevicePnpSurpriseRemoved;
-            for (int i = 0; i < ctl->driveCount; i++) {
+            for (uint32_t i = 0; i < ctl->driveCount; i++) {
                 AHCI_DRIVE* drv = &ctl->drives[i];
                 drv->surpriseRemoved = true;
                 if (drv->deviceObject)
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static KSTATUS AhciDispatchControllerPnp(DEVICE_OBJECT* device, IRP* irp) {
         case IRP_MN_REMOVE_DEVICE:
             ctl->removed = true;
             device->PnpState = DevicePnpDeleted;
-            for (int i = 0; i < ctl->driveCount; i++) {
+            for (uint32_t i = 0; i < ctl->driveCount; i++) {
                 AHCI_DRIVE* drv = &ctl->drives[i];
                 if (drv->deviceObject) {
                     (void)IoUnregisterDiskDevice(drv->deviceObject->u.Disk.DiskIndex);
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static KSTATUS AhciStartController(AHCI_CONTROLLER* ctl) {
 
         DbgPrint("AHCI: port %u: link up, initializing...\n", portno);
 
-        int driveIdx = ctl->driveCount;
+        uint32_t driveIdx = ctl->driveCount;
         AHCI_DRIVE* drv = &ctl->drives[driveIdx];
         memset(drv, 0, sizeof(*drv));
         drv->magic = AHCI_DRIVE_MAGIC;
@@ -1119,11 +1119,11 @@ static KSTATUS AhciStartController(AHCI_CONTROLLER* ctl) {
                  ctl->pciInfo.Address.Function);
 
     if (!ctl->pollingMode) {
-        DbgPrint("AHCI: ISR registered on IRQ %u (%s); controller drives=%d\n",
-                 (unsigned)ctl->irq, ctl->usingMsi ? "MSI" : "INTx", ctl->driveCount);
+        DbgPrint("AHCI: ISR registered on IRQ %u (%s); controller drives=%u\n",
+                 (unsigned)ctl->irq, ctl->usingMsi ? "MSI" : "INTx", (unsigned)ctl->driveCount);
     } else {
-        DbgPrint("AHCI: controller started in polling mode; controller drives=%d\n",
-                 ctl->driveCount);
+        DbgPrint("AHCI: controller started in polling mode; controller drives=%u\n",
+                 (unsigned)ctl->driveCount);
     }
     ctl->started = true;
     ctl->fdo->PnpState = DevicePnpStarted;

code/drivers/storage/ahci/ahci.h

@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ struct AHCI_CONTROLLER {
     bool            pollingMode;
 
     AHCI_DRIVE      drives[MAX_AHCI_DRIVES];
-    int             driveCount;
+    uint32_t        driveCount;
 
     bool            started;
     bool            surpriseRemoved;