IOCTL_STORAGE_EJECTION_CONTROL IOCTL (ntddstor.h)
Locks the device to prevent removal of the media. If the driver can prevent the media from being removed while the drive is in use, the driver disables or enables the mechanism that ejects media, thereby locking the drive. A caller must open the device with FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES to send this request.
Unlike IOCTL_STORAGE_MEDIA_REMOVAL, the driver tracks IOCTL_STORAGE_EJECTION_CONTROL requests by caller and ignores unlock requests for which it has not received a lock request from the same caller, thereby preventing other callers from unlocking the drive.
A driver for a removable-media device - can support this IOCTL must do the following:
- Keep a lock count, tagged by caller, in the device object extension.
- Keep the lock count per physical device.
- When called with this IOCTL, if the flag to prevent removing the media is set, increment the count; if the flag is clear and the driver has previously received a lock request from the same caller, decrement the count.
- Prevent removal of the media unless all lock counts are zero.
To ensure that media removal locks are released properly, the class driver keeps track of callers who lock the media with IOCTL_STORAGE_EJECTION_CONTROL. If the caller terminates without unlocking the device, the class driver unlocks the device.
Major code
Input buffer
The buffer at Irp->AssociatedIrp.SystemBuffer contains a Boolean value, with TRUE indicating that the driver should lock the media in the drive.
Input buffer length
The length of a Boolean.
Output buffer
None.
Output buffer length
None.
Status block
The Information field is set to zero. The Status field is set to STATUS_SUCCESS, or possibly to STATUS_INVALID_DEVICE_REQUEST, STATUS_NO_MEDIA_IN_DEVICE, or STATUS_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
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| Header | ntddstor.h (include Ntddstor.h) |