NdisFreePacketPool 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 x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6.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.
NdisFreePacketPool releases a handle to a block of packet pool that was allocated with NdisAllocatePacketPool.
Syntax
VOID NdisFreePacketPool(
_In_ NDIS_HANDLE PoolHandle
);
Parameters
- PoolHandle [in]
Specifies the handle returned when the driver called NdisAllocatePacketPool. The pool handle is no longer valid after this function returns.
Return value
None
Remarks
NdisFreePacketPool frees the storage for the packet pool. Before calling this function, the driver must call NdisFreePacket as many times as necessary to release all packet descriptors that it has allocated with NdisAllocatePacket but not yet freed.
Requirements
Target platform |
Universal |
Version |
Not supported for NDIS 6.0 drivers in Windows Vista. Use NdisFreeNetBufferPoolinstead. Supported for NDIS 5.1 drivers in Windows Vista and Windows XP. |
Header |
Ndis.h (include Ndis.h) |
Library |
Ndis.lib |
IRQL |
<= DISPATCH_LEVEL |
See also