NdisAcquireSpinLock (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 x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6.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.
NdisAcquireSpinLock acquires a spin lock so the caller gains exclusive access to the resources, shared among driver functions, that the spin lock protects.
Syntax
VOID NdisAcquireSpinLock(
_In_ PNDIS_SPIN_LOCK SpinLock
);
Parameters
- SpinLock [in]
Pointer to an opaque spin lock, already initialized by the caller.
Return value
None
Remarks
The driver must initialize a variable of type NDIS_SPIN_LOCK with NdisAllocateSpinLock before it calls any other NdisXxxSpinLock function. The driver must provide resident storage for the spin lock(s) it uses.
After acquiring a spin lock with NdisAcquireSpinLock, the caller must release that lock with a call to NdisReleaseSpinLock. A driver must call NdisReleaseSpinLock following each call to NdisAcquireSpinLock. Otherwise, a deadlock occurs, hanging the driver.
A spin lock acquired with NdisAcquireSpinLock must be released with NdisReleaseSpinLock. A spin lock acquired with NdisDprAcquireSpinLock must be released with NdisDprReleaseSpinLock.
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 |
See NdisAcquireSpinLock. |
Header |
Ndis.h (include Ndis.h) |
Library |
Ndis.lib |
IRQL |
<= DISPATCH_LEVEL |
See also