NdisDprAcquireSpinLock (NDIS 5.1) function
Note NDIS 5. x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6. x. For new NDIS driver development, see Network Drivers Starting with Windows Vista. For information about porting NDIS 5. x drivers to NDIS 6. x, see Porting NDIS 5.x Drivers to NDIS 6.0.
NdisDprAcquireSpinLock acquires a spin lock so the caller can synchronize access to resources shared among non-ISR driver functions in a multiprocessor-safe way.
Syntax
VOID NdisDprAcquireSpinLock(
_In_ PNDIS_SPIN_LOCK SpinLock
);
Parameters
- SpinLock [in]
Pointer to an opaque spin lock, already initialized by the caller.
Return value
None
Remarks
The NIC driver must initialize a variable of type NDIS_SPIN_LOCK with NdisAllocateSpinLock before it calls any other Ndis..SpinLock function. The driver must provide resident storage for the spin lock(s) it uses.
NdisDprAcquireSpinLock is an optimized version of NdisAcquireSpinLock that a miniport driver can call only while running at IRQL = DISPATCH_LEVEL.
After acquiring a spin lock with NdisDprAcquireSpinLock, the caller must release that lock with a call to NdisDprReleaseSpinLock. A NIC driver must call NdisDprReleaseSpinLock following each call to NdisDprAcquireSpinLock. Otherwise, a deadlock occurs, hanging the driver.
A spin lock acquired with NdisDprAcquireSpinLock must be released with NdisDprReleaseSpinLock. A spin lock acquired with NdisAcquireSpinLock must be released with NdisReleaseSpinLock.
A driver should never hold a spin lock for an extended period (more than a few instructions). Holding a spin lock for longer than 25 microseconds degrades both system and driver performance.
A miniport driver cannot use a spin lock to protect resources that its other functions share with the MiniportISR and/or MiniportDisableInterrupt functions. Instead, a miniport driver must call NdisMSynchronizeWithInterrupt so that its MiniportSynchronizeISR function accesses such shared resources at the same DIRQL at which its MiniportISR and/or MiniportDisableInterrupt functions do.
For more information about acquiring and releasing NDIS spin locks, see Synchronization and Notification in Network Drivers.
Requirements
Target platform |
Universal |
Version |
|
Header |
Ndis.h (include Ndis.h) |
Library |
Ndis.lib |
IRQL |
DISPATCH_LEVEL |
See also