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6.5 KiB
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235 lines
6.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 2006
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.Dt RWLOCK 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm rwlock ,
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.Nm rw_init ,
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.Nm rw_rlock ,
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.Nm rw_wlock ,
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.Nm rw_assert ,
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.Nm rw_runlock ,
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.Nm rw_wunlock ,
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.Nm rw_initialized ,
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.Nm rw_destroy ,
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.Nm RW_SYSINIT
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.Nd kernel reader/writer lock
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In sys/lock.h
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.In sys/rwlock.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn rw_init "struct rwlock *rw" "const char *name"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rw_rlock "struct rwlock *rw"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rw_wlock "struct rwlock *rw"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rw_runlock "struct rwlock *rw"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rw_wunlock "struct rwlock *rw"
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.Ft int
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.Fn rw_try_upgrade "struct rwlock *rw"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rw_downgrade "struct rwlock *rw"
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.Ft int
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.Fn rw_initialized "struct rwlock *rw"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rw_destroy "struct rwlock *rw"
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.Pp
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.Cd "options INVARIANTS"
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.Cd "options INVARIANT_SUPPORT"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rw_assert "struct rwlock *rw" "int what"
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.In sys/kernel.h
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.Fn RW_SYSINIT "name" "struct rwlock *rw" "const char *desc"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Reader/writer locks allow shared access to protected data by multiple threads,
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or exclusive access by a single thread.
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The threads with shared access are known as
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.Em readers
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since they only read the protected data.
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A thread with exclusive access is known as a
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.Em writer
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since it can modify protected data.
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.Pp
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Although reader/writer locks look very similar to
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.Xr sx 9
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locks, their usage pattern is different.
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Reader/writer locks can be treated as mutexes (see
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.Xr mutex 9 )
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with shared/exclusive semantics.
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Unlike
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.Xr sx 9 ,
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an
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.Nm
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can be locked while holding a non-spin mutex, and an
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.Nm
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cannot be held while sleeping.
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The
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.Nm
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locks have priority propagation like mutexes, but priority
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can be propagated only to an exclusive holder.
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This limitation comes from the fact that shared owners
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are anonymous.
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Another important property is that shared holders of
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.Nm
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can recurse,
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but exclusive locks are not allowed to recurse.
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.Ss Macros and Functions
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fn rw_init "struct rwlock *rw" "const char *name"
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Initialize structure located at
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.Fa rw
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as reader/writer lock, described by name
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.Fa name .
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The description is used solely for debugging purposes.
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This function must be called before any other operations
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on the lock.
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.It Fn rw_rlock "struct rwlock *rw"
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Lock
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.Fa rw
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as a reader.
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If any thread holds this lock exclusively, the current thread blocks,
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and its priority is propagated to the exclusive holder.
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The
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.Fn rw_rlock
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function can be called when the thread has already acquired reader
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access on
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.Fa rw .
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This is called
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.Dq "recursing on a lock" .
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.It Fn rw_wlock "struct rwlock *rw"
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Lock
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.Fa rw
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as a writer.
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If there are any shared owners of the lock, the current thread blocks.
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The
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.Fn rw_wlock
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function cannot be called recursively.
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.It Fn rw_runlock "struct rwlock *rw"
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This function releases a shared lock previously acquired by
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.Fn rw_rlock .
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.It Fn rw_wunlock "struct rwlock *rw"
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This function releases an exclusive lock previously acquired by
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.Fn rw_wlock .
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.It Fn rw_try_upgrade "struct rwlock *rw"
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Attempt to upgrade a single shared lock to an exclusive lock.
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The current thread must hold a shared lock of
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.Fa rw .
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This will only succeed if the current thread holds the only shared lock on
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.Fa rw ,
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and it only holds a single shared lock.
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If the attempt succeeds
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.Fn rw_try_upgrade
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will return a non-zero value,
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and the current thread will hold an exclusive lock.
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If the attempt fails
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.Fn rw_try_upgrade
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will return zero,
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and the current thread will still hold a shared lock.
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.It Fn rw_downgrade "struct rwlock *rw"
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Convert an exclusive lock into a single shared lock.
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The current thread must hold an exclusive lock of
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.Fa rw .
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.It Fn rw_initialized "struct rwlock *rw"
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This function returns non-zero if
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.Fa rw
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has been initialized, and zero otherwise.
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.It Fn rw_destroy "struct rwlock *rw"
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This functions destroys a lock previously initialized with
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.Fn rw_init .
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The
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.Fa rw
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lock must be unlocked.
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.It Fn rw_assert "struct rwlock *rw" "int what"
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This function allows assertions specified in
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.Fa what
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to be made about
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.Fa rw .
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If the assertions are not true and the kernel is compiled
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with
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.Cd "options INVARIANTS"
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and
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.Cd "options INVARIANT_SUPPORT" ,
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the kernel will panic.
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Currently the following assertions are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv RA_UNLOCKED"
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.It Dv RA_LOCKED
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Assert that current thread holds either a shared or exclusive lock
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of
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.Fa rw .
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.It Dv RA_RLOCKED
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Assert that current thread holds a shared lock of
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.Fa rw .
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.It Dv RA_WLOCKED
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Assert that current thread holds an exclusive lock of
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.Fa rw .
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.It Dv RA_UNLOCKED
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Assert that current thread holds neither a shared nor exclusive lock of
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.Fa rw .
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.El
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mutex 9 ,
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.Xr panic 9 ,
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.Xr sema 9 ,
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.Xr sx 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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These
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functions appeared in
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.Fx 7.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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facility was written by
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.An "John Baldwin" .
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This manual page was written by
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.An "Gleb Smirnoff" .
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.Sh BUGS
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If
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.Dv WITNESS
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is not included in the kernel,
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then it is impossible to assert that the current thread does or does not
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hold a shared lock.
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In the
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.Pf non- Dv WITNESS
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case, the
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.Dv RA_LOCKED
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and
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.Dv RA_RLOCKED
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assertions merely check that some thread holds a shared lock.
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.Pp
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Reader/writer is a bit of an awkward name.
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An
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.Nm
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can also be called a
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.Dq Robert Watson
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lock if desired.
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