86 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
86 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Jason Evans <jasone@freebsd.org>. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 26, 2001
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.Dt SX 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sx ,
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.Nm sx_init ,
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.Nm sx_destroy ,
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.Nm sx_slock ,
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.Nm sx_xlock ,
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.Nm sx_sunlock ,
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.Nm sx_xunlock
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.Nd kernel shared/exclusive lock.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/sx.h>
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.Ft void
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.Fn sx_init "struct sx *sx" "const char *description"
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.Ft void
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.Fn sx_destroy "struct sx *sx"
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.Ft void
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.Fn sx_slock "struct sx *sx"
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.Ft void
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.Fn sx_xlock "struct sx *sx"
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.Ft void
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.Fn sx_sunlock "struct sx *sx"
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.Ft void
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.Fn sx_xunlock "struct sx *sx"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Shared/exclusive locks are used to protect data that are read far more often
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than they are written.
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Mutexes are inherently more efficient than shared/exclusive locks, so
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shared/exclusive locks should be used prudently.
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.Pp
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Shared/exclusive locks are created with
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.Fn sx_init ,
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where
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.Fa sx
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is a pointer to space for a
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.Vt struct sx ,
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and
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.Fa description
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is a pointer to a null-terminated character string that describes the
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shared/exclusive lock.
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Shared/exclusive locks are destroyed with
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.Fn sx_destroy .
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Threads acquire and release a shared lock by calling
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.Fn sx_slock
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and
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.Fn sx_sunlock .
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Threads acquire and release an exclusive lock by calling
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.Fn sx_xlock
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and
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.Fn sx_xunlock .
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.Pp
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A thread may not own a shared lock and an exclusive lock simultaneously;
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attempting to do so will result in deadlock.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mutex 9
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