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This function releases a packet that was allocated from a packet pool with the NdisAllocatePacketfunction and returns it to the free list.
VOID NdisFreePacket( IN PNDIS_PACKET Packet );
Parameters
- Packet
- Pointer to the packet descriptor returned by the
NdisAllocatePacketor the
NdisDprAllocatePacketfunction.
Remarks
Before calling this function, the driver must either call the NdisFreeBufferfunction as many times as necessary to release all buffer descriptors chained to the packet or call an NdisUnchainBufferAt XXXfunction as many times as necessary to save all pointers to buffer descriptors. Otherwise, memory associated with buffer descriptors in the chain remains unusable by the driver and by NDIS until the system is rebooted.
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
NdisAllocatePacket, NdisFreeBuffer, NdisReleaseSpinLock, NdisUnchainBufferAtBack, NdisUnchainBufferAtFront
Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004