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03 Jan 01 04:51

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Modify drivers dispatch table

Hi, would it be legal (and possible) to modify the dispatch table of a running driver? To be more specific, what I'd like to do is to have one function called the very first time IRP_MJ_CREATE is dispatched, and another for all subsequent ones. This is to have specific initialization the first time any app opens the device, and avoid having a synchronization mechanism combined with a test for initialization for each following create irp. The driver will have one device object only, which is created during driver load, so I'm considering using an executive spinlock inside the device extension for synchronization, something along the following lines: ***************** struct MY_DEVICE_EXTENSION { ... KSPIN_LOCK CreateDispatchSpinLock; // Initialized during creation of device BOOLEAN CreateInitiallyCalled; // Initialized during creation of device to FALSE ... }; NTSTATUS DriverEntry(...) { ... pDriverObject->MajorFunction[IRP_MJ_CREATE] = InitialCreate; ... }; NTSTATUS InitialCreate(...) { ... get device extension ... ... get spinlock from extension ... ... acquire spinlock ... if (FALSE == pDeviceExtension->CreateInitiallyCalled) { ... do one time initialization ... pDeviceExtension->CreateInitiallyCalled = TRUE; ... get driver object ... pDriverObject->MajorFunction[IRP_MJ_CREATE] = NormalCreate; } ... release spinlock ... complete IRP return NT_SUCCESS; } NTSTATUS NormalCreate(...) { ... complete IRP return NT_SUCCESS; } ************************************** // Johan Nilsson --- You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst('Recip.MemberIDChar')@lists.osr.com

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03 Jan 01 05:21

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Re: Modify drivers dispatch table

Hi, NT Maintains only one Linked list ( I mean DEVICE_OBJECT ) with all information related to Device Driver. If u Aquare Spin lock and Change this structure it should Work. This is just like changing a Global Variable in ur Driver. This is what i Feel ................. Regards, Satish K.S ----- Original Message ----- From: <xxxxx@esrange.ssc.se> To: "NT Developers Interest List" <xxxxx@lists.osr.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 3:17 PM Subject: [ntdev] Modify drivers dispatch table > Hi, > > would it be legal (and possible) to modify the dispatch table of a running > driver? To be more specific, what I'd like to do is to have one function > called the very first time IRP_MJ_CREATE is dispatched, and another for all > subsequent ones. This is to have specific initialization the first time any > app opens the device, and avoid having a synchronization mechanism combined > with a test for initialization for each following create irp. > > The driver will have one device object only, which is created during driver > load, so I'm considering using an executive spinlock inside the device > extension for synchronization, something along the following lines: > > ***************** > > struct MY_DEVICE_EXTENSION > { > ... > KSPIN_LOCK CreateDispatchSpinLock; // Initialized during > creation of device <...excess quoted lines suppressed...> --- You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst('Recip.MemberIDChar')@lists.osr.com

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03 Jan 01 08:37

Roddy, Mark

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Re: Modify drivers dispatch table

It would be much simpler to have a static local LONG in your dispatch routine that is Interlock test and set and if zero when tested you call function x else you call function y. There are reasons why you might want to modify the dispatch table of a driver 'on the fly' but this is not one of them. Mark Roddy xxxxx@hollistech.com www.hollistech.com WindowsNT Windows 2000 Consulting Services > -----Original Message----- > From: Satish [mailto:xxxxx@aalayance.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 5:15 AM > To: NT Developers Interest List > Subject: [ntdev] Re: Modify drivers dispatch table > > <...excess quoted lines suppressed...> --- You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-ntdev-$subst('Recip.MemberIDChar')@lists.osr.com

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