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# _OPEN_INSTANCE Struct Reference
[NPF structures and definitions]

Contains the state of a running instance of the NPF driver. More...

`#include <Packet.h>`

## Data Fields
PDEVICE_EXTENSION | DeviceExtension
NDIS_HANDLE | AdapterHandle
| NDIS idetifier of the adapter used by this instance.
UINT | Medium
NDIS_HANDLE | PacketPool
| Pool of NDIS_PACKET structures used to transfer the packets from and to the NIC driver.
PIRP | OpenCloseIrp
KSPIN_LOCK | RequestSpinLock
| SpinLock used to synchronize the OID requests.
LIST_ENTRY | RequestList
| List of pending OID requests.
LIST_ENTRY | ResetIrpList
| List of pending adapter reset requests.
INTERNAL_REQUEST | Requests [MAX_REQUESTS]
| Array of structures that wrap every single OID request.
PMDL | BufferMdl
| Pointer to a Memory descriptor list (MDL) that maps the circular buffer's memory.
PKEVENT | ReadEvent
| Pointer to the event on which the read calls on this instance must wait.
HANDLE | ReadEventHandle
| Handle of the event on which the read calls on this instance must wait.
UNICODE_STRING | ReadEventName
PUCHAR | bpfprogram
JIT_BPF_Filter * | Filter
UINT | MinToCopy
LARGE_INTEGER | TimeOut
int | mode
| Working mode of the driver. See PacketSetMode() for details.
LARGE_INTEGER | Nbytes
| Amount of bytes accepted by the filter when this instance is in statistical mode.
LARGE_INTEGER | Npackets
| Number of packets accepted by the filter when this instance is in statistical mode.
NDIS_SPIN_LOCK | CountersLock
| SpinLock that protects the statistical mode counters.
UINT | Nwrites
ULONG | Multiple_Write_Counter
| Counts the number of times a single write has already physically repeated.
NDIS_EVENT | WriteEvent
| Event used to synchronize the multiple write process.
BOOLEAN | WriteInProgress
NDIS_SPIN_LOCK | WriteLock
| SpinLock that protects the WriteInProgress variable.
NDIS_EVENT | IOEvent
| Event used to synchronize I/O requests with the callback structure of NDIS.
NDIS_STATUS | IOStatus
| Maintains the status of and OID request call, that will be passed to the application.
BOOLEAN | Bound
HANDLE | DumpFileHandle
| Handle of the file used in dump mode.
PFILE_OBJECT | DumpFileObject
| Pointer to the object of the file used in dump mode.
PKTHREAD | DumpThreadObject
| Pointer to the object of the thread used in dump mode.
HANDLE | DumpThreadHandle
| Handle of the thread created by dump mode to asynchronously move the buffer to disk.
NDIS_EVENT | DumpEvent
| Event used to synchronize the dump thread with the tap when the instance is in dump mode.
LARGE_INTEGER | DumpOffset
| Current offset in the dump file.
UNICODE_STRING | DumpFileName
| String containing the name of the dump file.
UINT | MaxDumpBytes
UINT | MaxDumpPacks
BOOLEAN | DumpLimitReached
MEM_TYPE | mem_ex
| Memory used by the TME virtual co-processor.
TME_CORE | tme
| Data structure containing the virtualization of the TME co-processor.
NDIS_SPIN_LOCK | MachineLock
| SpinLock that protects the mem_ex buffer.
UINT | MaxFrameSize
CpuPrivateData | CpuData [32]
| Pool of kernel buffer structures, one for each CPU.
ULONG | ReaderSN
| Sequence number of the next packet to be read from the pool of kernel buffers.
ULONG | WriterSN
ULONG | Size
| Size of each kernel buffer contained in the CpuData field.
ULONG | SkipProcessing

## Detailed Description

Contains the state of a running instance of the NPF driver.

This is the most important structure of NPF: it is used by almost all the functions of the driver. An _OPEN_INSTANCE structure is associated with every user-level session, allowing concurrent access to the driver.

Definition at line 313 of file Packet.h.

## Field Documentation

NDIS_HANDLE AdapterHandle

| NDIS idetifier of the adapter used by this instance. Definition at line 317 of file Packet.h.

BOOLEAN Bound

| Specifies if NPF is still bound to the adapter used by this instance. Bound can be FALSE if a Plug and Play adapter has been removed or disabled by the user. Definition at line 359 of file Packet.h.

PUCHAR bpfprogram

| Pointer to the filtering pseudo-code associated with current instance of the driver. This code is used only in particular situations (for example when the packet received from the NIC driver is stored in two non-consecutive buffers. In normal situations the filtering routine created by the JIT compiler and pointed by the next field is used. See NPF driver internals manual for details on the filtering process. Definition at line 334 of file Packet.h.

PMDL BufferMdl

| Pointer to a Memory descriptor list (MDL) that maps the circular buffer's memory. Definition at line 327 of file Packet.h.

NDIS_SPIN_LOCK CountersLock

| SpinLock that protects the statistical mode counters. Definition at line 349 of file Packet.h.

CpuPrivateData CpuData[32]

| Pool of kernel buffer structures, one for each CPU. Definition at line 380 of file Packet.h.

PDEVICE_EXTENSION DeviceExtension

| Pointer to the _DEVICE_EXTENSION structure of the device on which the instance is bound. Definition at line 315 of file Packet.h.

NDIS_EVENT DumpEvent

| Event used to synchronize the dump thread with the tap when the instance is in dump mode. Definition at line 365 of file Packet.h.

HANDLE DumpFileHandle

| Handle of the file used in dump mode. Definition at line 361 of file Packet.h.

UNICODE_STRING DumpFileName

| String containing the name of the dump file. Definition at line 367 of file Packet.h.

PFILE_OBJECT DumpFileObject

| Pointer to the object of the file used in dump mode. Definition at line 362 of file Packet.h.

BOOLEAN DumpLimitReached

| TRUE if the maximum dimension of the dump file (MaxDumpBytes or MaxDumpPacks) is reached. Definition at line 373 of file Packet.h.

LARGE_INTEGER DumpOffset

| Current offset in the dump file. Definition at line 366 of file Packet.h.

HANDLE DumpThreadHandle

| Handle of the thread created by dump mode to asynchronously move the buffer to disk. Definition at line 364 of file Packet.h.

PKTHREAD DumpThreadObject

| Pointer to the object of the thread used in dump mode. Definition at line 363 of file Packet.h.

JIT_BPF_Filter* Filter

| Pointer to the native filtering function created by the jitter. See BPF_jitter() for details. Definition at line 339 of file Packet.h.

NDIS_EVENT IOEvent

| Event used to synchronize I/O requests with the callback structure of NDIS. Definition at line 357 of file Packet.h.

NDIS_STATUS IOStatus

| Maintains the status of and OID request call, that will be passed to the application. Definition at line 358 of file Packet.h.

NDIS_SPIN_LOCK MachineLock

| SpinLock that protects the mem_ex buffer. Definition at line 377 of file Packet.h.

UINT MaxDumpBytes

| Maximum dimension in bytes of the dump file. If the dump file reaches this size it will be closed. A value of 0 means unlimited size. Definition at line 368 of file Packet.h.

UINT MaxDumpPacks

| Maximum number of packets that will be saved in the dump file. If this number of packets is reached the dump will be closed. A value of 0 means unlimited number of packets. Definition at line 370 of file Packet.h.

UINT MaxFrameSize

| Maximum frame size that the underlying MAC acceptes. Used to perform a check on the size of the frames sent with NPF_Write() or NPF_BufferedWrite(). Definition at line 378 of file Packet.h.

UINT Medium

| Type of physical medium the underlying NDIS driver uses. See the documentation of NdisOpenAdapter in the MS DDK for details. Definition at line 318 of file Packet.h.

MEM_TYPE mem_ex

| Memory used by the TME virtual co-processor. Definition at line 375 of file Packet.h.

UINT MinToCopy

| Minimum amount of data in the circular buffer that unlocks a read. Set with the BIOCSMINTOCOPY IOCTL. Definition at line 341 of file Packet.h.

int mode

| Working mode of the driver. See PacketSetMode() for details. Definition at line 346 of file Packet.h.

ULONG Multiple_Write_Counter

| Counts the number of times a single write has already physically repeated. Definition at line 352 of file Packet.h.

LARGE_INTEGER Nbytes

| Amount of bytes accepted by the filter when this instance is in statistical mode. Definition at line 347 of file Packet.h.

LARGE_INTEGER Npackets

| Number of packets accepted by the filter when this instance is in statistical mode. Definition at line 348 of file Packet.h.

UINT Nwrites

| Number of times a single write must be physically repeated. See NPF driver internals manual for an explanation Definition at line 350 of file Packet.h.

PIRP OpenCloseIrp

| Pointer used to store the open/close IRP requests and provide them to the callbacks of NDIS. Definition at line 321 of file Packet.h.

NDIS_HANDLE PacketPool

| Pool of NDIS_PACKET structures used to transfer the packets from and to the NIC driver. Definition at line 320 of file Packet.h.

ULONG ReaderSN

| Sequence number of the next packet to be read from the pool of kernel buffers. Definition at line 381 of file Packet.h.

PKEVENT ReadEvent

| Pointer to the event on which the read calls on this instance must wait. Definition at line 328 of file Packet.h.

HANDLE ReadEventHandle

| Handle of the event on which the read calls on this instance must wait. Definition at line 329 of file Packet.h.

UNICODE_STRING ReadEventName

| Name of the event on which the read calls on this instance must wait. The event is created with a name, so it can be used at user level to know when it is possible to access the driver without being blocked. This fiels stores the name that and is used by the BIOCGEVNAME IOCTL call. Definition at line 330 of file Packet.h.

LIST_ENTRY RequestList

| List of pending OID requests. Definition at line 324 of file Packet.h.

INTERNAL_REQUEST Requests[MAX_REQUESTS]

| Array of structures that wrap every single OID request. Definition at line 326 of file Packet.h.

KSPIN_LOCK RequestSpinLock

| SpinLock used to synchronize the OID requests. Definition at line 323 of file Packet.h.

LIST_ENTRY ResetIrpList

| List of pending adapter reset requests. Definition at line 325 of file Packet.h.

ULONG Size

| Size of each kernel buffer contained in the CpuData field. Definition at line 384 of file Packet.h.

ULONG SkipProcessing

| Flag. When set to 1, the tap discards each packet. It is set to 1 by the IOCTLs that modify some "sensible" fields of the Open structure (e.g. they reallocate the pool of kernel buffers, or change the filter program Definition at line 385 of file Packet.h.

LARGE_INTEGER TimeOut

| Timeout after which a read is released, also if the amount of data in the buffer is less than MinToCopy. Set with the BIOCSRTIMEOUT IOCTL. Definition at line 343 of file Packet.h.

TME_CORE tme

| Data structure containing the virtualization of the TME co-processor. Definition at line 376 of file Packet.h.

NDIS_EVENT WriteEvent

| Event used to synchronize the multiple write process. Definition at line 353 of file Packet.h.

BOOLEAN WriteInProgress

| True if a write is currently in progress. NPF currently allows a single wite on the same open instance. Definition at line 354 of file Packet.h.

NDIS_SPIN_LOCK WriteLock

| SpinLock that protects the WriteInProgress variable. Definition at line 356 of file Packet.h.

ULONG WriterSN

| Sequence number of the next packet to be written in the pool of kernel buffers. These two sequence numbers are unique for each capture instance. Definition at line 382 of file Packet.h.

The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

- Packet.h

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