IRP_MJ_QUERY_QUOTA (FS and filter drivers)

When Sent

The I/O Manager sends the IRP_MJ_QUERY_QUOTA request. This request can be sent, for example, when a user-mode application has called a Win32 method such as IDiskQuotaControl::GetQuotaState.

Operation: File System Drivers

If the file system supports disk quotas, the file system driver should extract and decode the file object to determine whether it represents a user open of a file or directory. If it does, the driver should process the query and complete the IRP. Otherwise, the driver should complete the IRP as appropriate without processing the query.

Operation: Legacy File System Filter Drivers

The filter driver should pass this IRP down to the next-lower driver on the stack, unless it needs to explicitly override quota behavior.

Parameters

A file system or filter driver calls IoGetCurrentIrpStackLocation for the given IRP to get a pointer to its own stack location in the IRP. In the following parameters, Irp points to the IRP and IrpSp points to the IO_STACK_LOCATION. The driver can use the information that is set in the following members of the IRP and the IRP stack location to process a query quota information request:

  • DeviceObject is a pointer to the target device object.

  • DeviceObject->Flags: The DO_BUFFERED_IO and DO_DIRECT_IO flags are used as follows to specify the method by which data is passed to the driver:

    Flag Setting I/O Method
    ~DO_BUFFERED_IO ~DO_DIRECT_IO
    METHOD_NEITHER ~DO_BUFFERED_IO
    DO_DIRECT_IO METHOD_DIRECT
    DO_BUFFERED_IO ~DO_DIRECT_IO
    METHOD_BUFFERED DO_BUFFERED_IO
    DO_DIRECT_IO METHOD_BUFFERED
  • Irp->AssociatedIrp.SystemBuffer points to a system-supplied buffer to be used as an intermediate system buffer, if the DO_BUFFERED_IO flag is set in DeviceObject->Flags. Otherwise, this member is set to NULL.

  • Irp->IoStatus points to an IO_STATUS_BLOCK structure that receives the final completion status and information about the requested operation.

  • *Irp->UserBuffer points to a caller-supplied FILE_QUOTA_INFORMATION-structured output buffer that receives the quota information for the volume.

  • IrpSp->FileObject points to the file object that is associated with DeviceObject.

    The IrpSp->FileObject parameter contains a pointer to the RelatedFileObject field, which is also a FILE_OBJECT structure. The RelatedFileObject field of the FILE_OBJECT structure isn't valid during the processing of IRP_MJ_QUERY_QUOTA and shouldn't be used.

  • IrpSp->Flags can be one or more of the following values:

Flag Meaning
SL_INDEX_SPECIFIED Begin the scan at the entry in the quota list whose index is given by IrpSp->Parameters.QueryQuota.StartSid
SL_RESTART_SCAN Begin the scan at the first entry in the list. If this flag isn't set, resume the scan from a previous IRP_MJ_QUERY_QUOTA request.
SL_RETURN_SINGLE_ENTRY Return only the first entry that is found.
  • IrpSp->MajorFunction is set to IRP_MJ_QUERY_QUOTA.

  • IrpSp->Parameters.QueryQuota.Length is the length, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by Irp->UserBuffer.

  • IrpSp->Parameters.QueryQuota.SidList is an optional pointer to a list of SIDs whose quota information is to be returned. Each entry in the list is a FILE_GET_QUOTA_INFORMATION structure. This structure is defined as follows:

    typedef struct _FILE_GET_QUOTA_INFORMATION {
        ULONG NextEntryOffset;
        ULONG SidLength;
        SID Sid;
    } FILE_GET_QUOTA_INFORMATION, *PFILE_GET_QUOTA_INFORMATION;
    
Member Meaning
NextEntryOffset Byte offset of the next FILE_GET_QUOTA_INFORMATION entry, if multiple entries are present in a buffer. This member is zero if no other entries follow this one.
SidLength Length, in bytes, of the Sid member.
Sid Security identifier (SID)
  • IrpSp->Parameters.QueryQuota.SidListLength is the length, in bytes, of the list of SIDs, if one is specified.

  • IrpSp->Parameters.QueryQuota.StartSid is an optional pointer to a SID that indicates that the returned information is to start with an entry other than the first. This parameter is ignored if a SID list is specified.

See also

FILE_GET_QUOTA_INFORMATION

FILE_QUOTA_INFORMATION

IO_STACK_LOCATION

IO_STATUS_BLOCK

IoCheckQuotaBufferValidity

IoGetCurrentIrpStackLocation

IRP

IRP_MJ_SET_QUOTA