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IWDFInterrupt::AcquireInterruptLock method (wudfddi.h)

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The AcquireInterruptLock method begins a code sequence that executes while holding an interrupt object's lock.

Syntax

void AcquireInterruptLock();

Return value

None

Remarks

When a driver calls AcquireInterruptLock, the system acquires the framework's interrupt lock.

When the driver calls ReleaseInterruptLock, the system releases the interrupt lock.

You can use AcquireInterruptLock and ReleaseInterruptLock if your driver must execute a few lines of code without being preempted and with interrupt servicing disabled.

Your driver cannot call AcquireInterruptLock before the framework has called the driver's OnInterruptEnable callback function or after the framework has called the driver's OnInterruptDisable callback function.

After your driver calls AcquireInterruptLock, it must not call the method again for the same interrupt object before calling ReleaseInterruptLock.

When running in an arbitrary thread, such as an I/O queue callback method, drivers must call IWDFInterrupt::TryToAcquireInterruptLock instead of IWDFInterrupt::AcquireInterruptLock. For example, the driver calls IWDFInterrupt::TryToAcquireInterruptLock from IQueueCallbackRead::OnRead.

Doing so avoids the possibility of deadlock, as described in the following scenario.

  1. In order to determine if its device interrupted, a UMDF sends I/O to its bus from within its ISR, with the interrupt lock held.
  2. The bus driver completes a second request in the same thread in which it received the above request.
  3. The completion routine of the second request sends a request to the UMDF driver.
  4. The UMDF driver's I/O dispatch routine calls IWDFInterrupt::AcquireInterruptLock, which then deadlocks attempting to acquire the interrupt lock.
The driver must not attempt to acquire the lock recursively. If connected to the debugger, the framework introduces a breakpoint in this scenario.

For more information about manual interrupt locking, see Synchronizing Interrupt Code.

For more information about handling interrupts in UMDF drivers, see Accessing Hardware and Handling Interrupts.

Requirements

Requirement Value
End of support Unavailable in UMDF 2.0 and later.
Target Platform Desktop
Minimum UMDF version 1.11
Header wudfddi.h
DLL WUDFx.dll

See also

IWDFInterrupt

IWDFInterrupt::ReleaseInterruptLock

WdfInterruptAcquireLock