SpinLock Class Reference

Spin lock synchronization primitive. More...

#include <md_lock.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
void	Lock ()
	Acquire lock.
void	Unlock ()
	Release lock.
int	TryLock ()
	Try to acquire lock.
	operator bool ()

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Detailed Description

Spin lock synchronization primitive.

This primitive just stops code execution in a small loop until a lock is released.

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Member Function Documentation

void SpinLock::Lock

(

)

[inline]

Acquire lock.

SpinLock::operator bool

(

)

[inline]

Returns:

Current state of the lock - true if locked, false if not locked.

int SpinLock::TryLock

(

)

[inline]

Try to acquire lock.

This method will not block if the lock can not be acquired.

Returns:

0 if successfully locked, -1 otherwise.

void SpinLock::Unlock

(

)

[inline]

Release lock.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• kernel/sys/arch/x86_64/md_lock.h