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NdisFreeBufferPool

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This function releases a handle obtained in a preceding call to the NdisAllocateBufferPoolfunction.

VOID NdisFreeBufferPool(
IN NDIS_HANDLE
PoolHandle
);

Parameters

PoolHandle
Handle returned when the driver called the NdisAllocateBufferPoolfunction. The pool handle is no longer valid after this function returns.

Remarks

Before calling this function, the driver must call the NdisFreeBufferfunction as many times as necessary to release all buffer descriptors that were allocated with the NdisAllocateBufferfunction but not yet released. Otherwise, the call to this function causes a memory leak.

The driver must release any spin lock that it is holding before calling this function.

A driver that calls this function runs at IRQL <= DISPATCH_LEVEL.

Requirements

Runs on Versions Defined in Include Link to
Windows CE OS 2.0 and later Ndis.h    
Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

NdisAllocateBuffer, NdisAllocateBufferPool, NdisFreeBuffer, NdisReleaseSpinLock



 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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