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27 .\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/lock.9,v 1.11 2003/09/08 19:57:21 ru Exp $
28 .\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man9/lock.9,v 1.6 2007/04/05 20:01:19 swildner Exp $
39 .Nd "lockmgr family of functions"
44 .Fn lockinit "struct lock *lkp" "char *wmesg" "int timo" "int flags"
46 .Fn lockcount "struct lock *lkp"
48 .Fn lockcountnb "struct lock *lkp"
50 .Fn lockmgr "struct lock *lkp" "u_int flags"
52 .Fn lockstatus "struct lock *lkp" "struct thread *td"
54 .Fn lockmgr_printinfo "struct lock *lkp"
58 function is used to initialize a lock.
59 It must be called before any operation can be performed on a lock.
61 .Bl -tag -width ".Fa wmesg"
63 A pointer to the lock to initialize.
66 This is used for both debugging output and
69 The timeout value passed to
72 The flags the lock is to be initialized with.
73 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv LG_CANRECURSE"
75 Do not sleep while acquiring the lock.
79 Allow recursive exclusive locks.
83 during a sleep; otherwise, 0 is used.
89 function returns a count of the number of exclusive locks and shared locks
95 function is a non-blocking counter-part of
97 which, can be safely used in assertion statements e.g. a
102 function handles general locking functionality within the kernel, including
103 support for shared and exclusive locks, and recursion.
105 is also able to upgrade and downgrade locks.
108 .Bl -tag -width ".Fa flags"
110 A pointer to the lock to manipulate.
112 Flags indicating what action is to be taken.
113 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv LK_EXCLUPGRADE"
115 Acquire a shared lock.
116 If an exclusive lock is currently held, it will be downgraded.
118 Acquire an exclusive lock.
119 If an exclusive lock is already held, and
121 is not set, the system will
124 Downgrade exclusive lock to a shared lock.
125 Downgrading a shared lock is not permitted.
126 If an exclusive lock has been recursed, all references will be downgraded.
127 .It Dv LK_EXCLUPGRADE
128 Upgrade a shared lock to an exclusive lock.
131 if there is someone ahead of you in line waiting for an upgrade.
132 If this call fails, the shared lock is lost.
133 Attempts to upgrade an exclusive lock will cause a
136 Upgrade a shared lock to an exclusive lock.
137 If this call fails, the shared lock is lost.
138 Attempts to upgrade an exclusive lock will cause a
142 Releasing a lock that is not held can cause a
145 Fail if operation has slept.
147 Do not allow the call to sleep.
148 This can be used to test the lock.
150 Allow recursion on an exclusive lock.
151 For every lock there must be a release.
157 function returns the status of the lock in relation to the
164 and an exclusive lock is held,
169 .Fn lockmgr_printinfo
170 function prints debugging information about the lock.
171 It is used primarily by
177 function returns an integer greater than or equal to zero.
181 function returns 0 on success and non-zero on failure.
186 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv LK_EXCLUSIVE"
188 An exclusive lock is held by the thread
191 An exclusive lock is held by someone other than the thread
194 A shared lock is held.
196 The lock is not held by anyone.
204 was set, and a sleep would have been required.
212 was set in the lock priority, and a signal was delivered during a sleep.
218 was set in the lock priority, a signal was delivered during a sleep,
219 and the system call is to be restarted.
220 .It Bq Er EWOULDBLOCK
221 a non-zero timeout was given, and the timeout expired.
224 Upgrade attempts that fail result in the loss of the lock that
226 Also, it is invalid to upgrade an
227 exclusive lock, and a
229 will be the result of trying.
235 This man page was written by
236 .An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .