Platform SDK: Win32 API

Level 1

The level 1 lock acts as a sentinel to guarantee that only one application may obtain the level 2 and 3 locks. An application specifies permissions only when requesting the level 1 lock. The lock level and permissions determine the kind of access that processes other than the lock owner have to the volume while it is locked. Bit 0 of the Permissions parameter for the lock volume function determines if the system allows or fails write operations by other processes. Bit 1 of Permissions determines if the system allows or fails new file mappings by other processes. Bit 2 of Permissions is only used when obtaining the restrictive level 0 lock for formatting and is ignored for a level 1 lock. The following table shows which operations are allowed at each lock level based on the permissions set on the level 1 lock.

Permissions Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Bit 0 = 0

Bit 1 = 0
Write operations are
failed.
New file mappings
are allowed.
Read operations are
allowed.
Write operations are
failed.
New file mappings
are allowed.
Read operations are
allowed.
Write operations are
failed.
New file mappings
are blocked.
Read operations are
blocked.
Bit 0 = 0

Bit 1 = 1
Write operations are
failed.
New file mappings
are failed.
Read operations are
allowed.
Write operations are
failed.
New file mappings
are failed.
Read operations are
allowed.
Write operations are
failed.
New file mappings
are failed.
Read operations are
blocked.
Bit 0 = 1

Bit 1 = 0
Write operations are
allowed.
New file mappings
are allowed.
Read operations are
allowed.
Write operations
are blocked.
New file mappings
are allowed.
Read operations
are allowed.
Write operations are
blocked.
New file mappings
are blocked.
Read operations are
blocked.
Bit 0 = 1

Bit 1 = 1
Write operations are
allowed.
New file mappings
are failed.
Read operations are
allowed.
Write operations are
blocked.
New file mappings
are failed.
Read operations are
allowed.
Write operations are
blocked.
New file mappings
are failed.
Read operations are
blocked.

Calling an unlock physical or logical volume function on a level 1 lock completely releases the lock on the volume.