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// ks.h

KSDDKAPI NTSTATUS KsCreateAllocator(
  [in]  HANDLE               ConnectionHandle,
  [in]  PKSALLOCATOR_FRAMING AllocatorFraming,
  [out] PHANDLE              AllocatorHandle
);

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Windows Driver Kit DDI reference (nf-ks-kscreateallocator)

KsCreateAllocator function

Description

The KsCreateAllocator function creates a handle to an allocator for the given sink connection handle. This function does not complete the IRP or set the status in the IRP.

Parameters

ConnectionHandle [in]

Specifies the handle to the sink connection on which to create the allocator.

AllocatorFraming [in]

Specified framing for the allocator.

AllocatorHandle [out]

Specifies the pointer to a handle to store the allocator handle.

Return value

The KsCreateAllocator function returns STATUS_SUCCESS if successful, or it returns an error if unsuccessful.

Remarks

There are two versions of the KsCreateAllocator function: one for user-mode clients and one for kernel-mode clients. This function can only be called at PASSIVE_LEVEL for kernel-mode clients.

See also

KSALLOCATOR_FRAMING

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