| PTHREAD_SPIN_LOCK(3C) | Standard C Library Functions | PTHREAD_SPIN_LOCK(3C) |
pthread_spin_lock, pthread_spin_trylock - lock a spin lock object
cc -mt [ flag... ] file... [ library... ] #include <pthread.h> int pthread_spin_lock(pthread_spinlock_t *lock);
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_spin_trylock(pthread_spinlock_t *lock);
The pthread_spin_lock() function locks the spin lock referenced by lock. The calling thread acquires the lock if it is not held by another thread. Otherwise, the thread spins (that is, does not return from the pthread_spin_lock call()) until the lock becomes available. The results are undefined if the calling thread holds the lock at the time the call is made.
The pthread_spin_trylock() function locks the spin lock referenced by lock if it is not held by any thread. Otherwise, the function fails.
The results are undefined if either of these functions is called with an uninitialized spin lock.
Upon successful completion, these functions returns 0. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
The pthread_spin_trylock() function will fail if:
EBUSY
These functions may fail if:
EINVAL
The pthread_spin_lock() function may fail if:
EDEADLK
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Interface Stability | Standard |
| MT-Level | MT-Safe |
pthread_spin_destroy(3C), pthread_spin_unlock(3C), attributes(7), standards(7)
| January 30, 2004 | OmniOS |