Bug Check 0x. C4 DRIVER. This is the general bug check code for fatal errors found by Driver Verifier. For more information, see Handling a Bug Check When Driver Verifier is Enabled. Important This topic is for programmers. If you are a customer who has received a blue screen error code while using your computer, see Troubleshoot blue screen errors. DRIVER. The meaning of the remaining parameters varies with the value of Parameter 1.
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Or use the MSDN Library version of this page. Current IRQLPool type. The driver requested a zero- byte pool allocation. Current IRQLPool type. Size of allocation, in bytes. The driver attempted to allocate paged memory with IRQL > APC. This may be the result of using an uninitialized parameter.)0x.
Current IRQLRequested IRQL0: New IRQL is bad. New IRQL is invalid inside a DPC routine. The driver passed an invalid parameter to Ke. Lower. Irql.(The parameter was either a value higher than the current IRQL, or a value higher than HIGH.
This may be the result of using an uninitialized parameter.)0x. Current IRQLSpin lock address. The driver called Ke. Release. Spin. Lock at an IRQL other than DISPATCH.
A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Pool Tracking option of Driver Verifier is active. Base address of allocation. Reserved. Number of charged bytes. The driver attempted to free memory after having written past the end of the allocation. A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Pool Tracking option of Driver Verifier is active. Base address of allocation.
Reserved. Reserved. The driver attempted to free memory after having written past the end of the allocation. A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Pool Tracking option of Driver Verifier is active.
Bytes allocated from paged pool. Bytes allocated from nonpaged pool. Total number of allocations that were not freed.
The driver is unloading without first freeing its pool allocations. A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Pool Tracking option of Driver Verifier is active. Bytes allocated from paged pool. Bytes allocated from nonpaged pool.
Total number of allocations that were not freed. A driver thread is attempting to allocate pool memory while the driver is unloading.
A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Pool Tracking option of Driver Verifier is active. Name of the driver. Reserved. Total number of allocations that were not freed, including both paged and nonpaged pool. The driver is unloading without first freeing its pool allocations. A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Pool Tracking option of Driver Verifier is active.
Current IRQLMDL address. Access mode. The driver called Mm. Probe. And. Lock. Pages with IRQL > DISPATCH. The physical pages represented by the physical address range being mapped must have been locked down prior to making this call. MDL address. Number of pages to map. First page frame number that isn't locked down.
The driver called Mm. Map. Locked. Pages without having locked down the MDL pages. MDL address. Pointer to the non- memory page in the MDLThe non- memory page number in the MDLAn MDL is not marked as . The only supported way to extend a kernel mode stack is by using Ke. Expand. Kernel. Stack.
And. Callout. 0x. A0 (Windows Server 2.
Pointer to the IRP making the read or write request. Device object of the lower device. Number of the sector in which the error was detected. A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error was detected on a hard disk. A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Disk Integrity Checking option of Driver Verifier is active. A1 (Windows Server 2.
Copy of the IRP making the read or write request. A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Disk Integrity Checking option of Driver Verifier is active. A2 (Windows Server 2. IRP making the read or write request, or a copy of this IRPDevice object of the lower device. Number of the sector in which the error was detected.
The CRCDISK checksum copies don't match. This could be a paging error. A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the Disk Integrity Checking option of Driver Verifier is active. B0 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)MDL address.
MDL flags. Incorrect MDL flags. The driver called Mm. Probe. And. Lock.
Pages for an MDL with incorrect flags. For example, the driver passed an MDL created by Mm. Build. Mdl. For. Non.
Paged. Pool to Mm. Probe. And. Lock. Pages. 0x. B1 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)MDL address. MDL flags. Incorrect MDL flags. The driver called Mm. Probe. And. Lock. Process. Pages for an MDL with incorrect flags.
For example, the driver passed an MDL created by Mm. Build. Mdl. For. Non. Paged. Pool to Mm.
Probe. And. Lock. Process. Pages. 0x. B2 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)MDL address. MDL flags. Incorrect MDL flags. The driver called Mm.
Map. Locked. Pages for an MDL with incorrect flags. For example, the driver passed an MDL that is already mapped to a system address or that was not locked to Mm. Map. Locked. Pages.
B3 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)MDL address. MDL flags. Missing MDL flags (at least one was expected)The driver called Mm.
Map. Locked. Pages for an MDL with incorrect flags. For example, the driver passed an MDL that is not locked to Mm. Map. Locked. Pages. B4 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)MDL address. MDL flags. Unexpected partial MDL flag. The driver called Mm.
Unlock. Pages for a partial MDL. A partial MDL is one that was created by Io.
Build. Partial. Mdl. C0 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the IRPReserved.
Reserved. The driver called Io. Call. Driver with interrupts disabled. C1 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the driver dispatch routine.
Reserved. Reserved. A driver dispatch routine was returned with interrupts disabled.
C2 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. The driver called a Fast I/O dispatch routine after interrupts were disabled. C3 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the driver Fast I/O dispatch routine. Reserved. Reserved.
A driver Fast I/O dispatch routine was returned with interrupts disabled. C5 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the driver dispatch routine. The current thread's APC disable count. The thread's APC disable count prior to calling the driver dispatch routine. A driver dispatch routine has changed the thread's APC disable count.
The APC disable count is decremented each time a driver calls Ke. Enter. Critical. Region, Fs. Rtl. Enter. File. System, or acquires a mutex. The APC disable count is incremented each time a driver calls Ke. Leave. Critical. Region, Ke.
Release. Mutex, or Fs. Rtl. Exit. File. System. Because these calls should always be in pairs, the APC disable count should be zero whenever a thread is exited. A negative value indicates that a driver has disabled APC calls without re- enabling them. A positive value indicates that the reverse is true. C6 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the driver Fast I/O dispatch routine.
Current thread's APC disable count. The thread's APC disable count prior to calling the Fast I/O driver dispatch routine.
A driver Fast I/O dispatch routine has changed the thread's APC disable count. The APC disable count is decremented each time a driver calls Ke. Enter. Critical. Region, Fs.
Rtl. Enter. File. System, or acquires a mutex. The APC disable count is incremented each time a driver calls Ke. Leave. Critical. Region, Ke.
Release. Mutex, or Fs. Rtl. Exit. File. System. Because these calls should always be in pairs, the APC disable count should be zero whenever a thread is exited. A negative value indicates that a driver has disabled APC calls without re- enabling them. A positive value indicates that the reverse is true.
CA (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the lookaside list. Reserved. Reserved. The driver has attempted to re- initialize a lookaside list.
CB (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the lookaside list. Reserved. Reserved. The driver has attempted to delete an uninitialized lookaside list. CC (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the lookaside list.
Starting address of the pool allocation. Size of the pool allocation. The driver has attempted to free a pool allocation that contains an active lookaside list. CD (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the lookaside list. Block size specified by the caller.
Minimum supported block size. The driver has attempted to create a lookaside list with an allocation block size that is too small. D0 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the ERESOURCE structure.
Reserved. Reserved. The driver has attempted to re- initialize an ERESOURCE structure. D1 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the ERESOURCE structure. Reserved. Reserved.
The driver has attempted to delete an uninitialized ERESOURCE structure. D2 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the ERESOURCE structure. Starting address of the pool allocation. Size of the pool allocation. The driver has attempted to free a pool allocation that contains an active ERESOURCE structure. D5 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the IO.
If the driver calling Io. Release. Remove. Lock is not in a checked build, Parameter 2 is the address of the shadow IO. In this case, the address of the IO.
A bug check with this parameter occurs only when the I/O Verification option of Driver Verifier is active. D6 (Windows Vista and later operating systems only)Address of the IO. If the driver calling Io. Release. Remove. Lock is not a checked build, Parameter 2 is the address of the shadow IO. In this case, the address of the IO.
Disable 8. 3 Name Creation in NTFS Disable 8. Name. Creation in NTFSFiles that use the 8. NTFS drive performance. Unless you. have a good reason for keeping the 8. Thanks for the feedback Paul.
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