NDIS_LOWER_IRQL - NtDoc
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// ndis.h
void NDIS_LOWER_IRQL(
_OldIrql_,
_CurIrql_
);
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The NDIS_LOWER_IRQL macro sets the IRQL on the current processor to the specified value.
_OldIrql_The original (that is, unraised) IRQL value from before the driver called the NDIS_RAISE_IRQL_TO_DISPATCH macro. NDIS_LOWER_IRQL sets the IRQL to this value.
_CurIrql_The current IRQL value that is active before the call to NDIS_LOWER_IRQL.
NDIS network drivers should use the NDIS_LOWER_IRQL macro to restore the IRQL setting that existed before a call to the NDIS_RAISE_IRQL_TO_DISPATCH macro.
If the value that the _OldIrql_ parameter specifies is not equal to the current IRQL, the NDIS_LOWER_IRQL macro attempts to lower the IRQL to the value that the _OldIrql_ parameter specifies.
It is a fatal error to call NDIS_LOWER_IRQL and use a value for _OldIrql_ that was not returned from an immediately preceding call to the NDIS_RAISE_IRQL_TO_DISPATCH macro.
NDIS_LOWER_IRQL is an NDIS wrapper for the KeLowerIrql routine.