EngReleaseSemaphore

VOID EngReleaseSemaphore(

HSEMAPHORE hsem
);

EngReleaseSemaphore releases the specified semaphore.

Parameters

hsem

Handle to the semaphore to be released.

Comments

EngReleaseSemaphore releases the semaphore’s exclusive lock on a driver’s resource and re-enables the delivery of special kernel asychronous procedure calls.

The lock and asynchronous procedure call suspension were acquired in a call to EngAcquireSemaphore.

See Also

EngAcquireSemaphore, EngDeleteSemaphore