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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
5 -- S Y S T E M . G L O B A L _ L O C K S --
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27 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
28 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
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32 -- This package contains the necessary routines to provide
33 -- reliable system wide locking capability.
35 package System
.Global_Locks
is
37 Lock_Error
: exception;
38 -- Exception raised if a request cannot be executed on a lock
40 type Lock_Type
is private;
41 -- Such a lock is a global lock between partitions. This lock is
42 -- uniquely defined between the partitions because of its name.
44 Null_Lock
: constant Lock_Type
;
45 -- This needs comments ???
47 procedure Create_Lock
(Lock
: out Lock_Type
; Name
: String);
48 -- Create or retrieve a global lock for the current partition using
51 procedure Acquire_Lock
(Lock
: in out Lock_Type
);
52 -- If the lock cannot be acquired because someone already owns it, this
53 -- procedure is supposed to wait and retry forever.
55 procedure Release_Lock
(Lock
: in out Lock_Type
);
59 type Lock_Type
is new Natural;
61 Null_Lock
: constant Lock_Type
:= 0;
63 end System
.Global_Locks
;