Undocumented functions of NTDLL

2OO1, 9 February



NtCreatePagingFile
NtCreatePagingFile

NTSYSAPI 
NTSTATUS
NTAPI

NtCreatePagingFile(


  IN PUNICODE_STRING      PageFileName,
  IN PLARGE_INTEGER       MiniumSize,
  IN PLARGE_INTEGER       MaxiumSize,
  OUT PLARGE_INTEGER      ActualSize OPTIONAL );



Function NtCreatePagingFile is typically used by Control Panel's "System" applet for creating new paged files.


  • PageFileName
    •     System path to newly created paged file.
  • MiniumSize
    •     Minimum size of paged file, in bytes. This value must be multiply of page size (0x1000 bytes on x86), and must be greater then 2MB (0x02000000 bytes).
  • MaxiumSize
    •     Maximum size of paged file, in bytes. Also this value must be multiply of page size. Minimal value accepted is 5MB (0x05000000 bytes).
  • ActualSize
    •     Optional (and currently unused) parameter.


    Documented by:
    Tomasz Nowak
    Reactos



    Requirements:
    Library: ntdll.lib
    Privilege: SE_CREATE_PAGEFILE_PRIVILEGE


    See also:
    SYSTEM_PAGEFILE_INFORMATION