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3.9 KiB
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128 lines
3.9 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 John D. Polstra
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd July 5, 2000
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.Os
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.Dt DLLOCKINIT 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dllockinit
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.Nd register thread locking methods with the dynamic linker
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In dlfcn.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn dllockinit "void *context" "void *(*lock_create)(void *context)" "void (*rlock_acquire)(void *lock)" "void (*wlock_acquire)(void *lock)" "void (*lock_release)(void *lock)" "void (*lock_destroy)(void *lock)" "void (*context_destroy)(void *context)"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf Sy
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Due to enhancements in the dynamic linker, this interface is no longer
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needed.
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It is deprecated and will be removed from future releases.
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In current releases it still exists, but only as a stub which does nothing.
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.Ef
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.Pp
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Threads packages can call
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.Fn dllockinit
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at initialization time to register locking functions for the dynamic
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linker to use.
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This enables the dynamic linker to prevent multiple
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threads from entering its critical sections simultaneously.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa context
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argument specifies an opaque context for creating locks.
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The
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dynamic linker will pass it to the
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.Fa lock_create
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function when creating the locks it needs.
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When the dynamic linker
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is permanently finished using the locking functions (e.g., if the
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program makes a subsequent call to
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.Fn dllockinit
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to register new locking functions) it will call
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.Fa context_destroy
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to destroy the context.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa lock_create
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argument specifies a function for creating a read/write lock.
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It
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must return a pointer to the new lock.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa rlock_acquire
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and
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.Fa wlock_acquire
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arguments specify functions which lock a lock for reading or
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writing, respectively.
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The
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.Fa lock_release
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argument specifies a function which unlocks a lock.
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Each of these
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functions is passed a pointer to the lock.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa lock_destroy
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argument specifies a function to destroy a lock.
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It may be
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.Dv NULL
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if locks do not need to be destroyed.
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The
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.Fa context_destroy
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argument specifies a function to destroy the context.
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It may be
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.Dv NULL
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if the context does not need to be destroyed.
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.Pp
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Until
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.Fn dllockinit
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is called, the dynamic linker protects its critical sections using
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a default locking mechanism which works by blocking the
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.Dv SIGVTALRM ,
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.Dv SIGPROF ,
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and
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.Dv SIGALRM
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signals.
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This is sufficient for many application level threads
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packages, which typically use one of these signals to implement
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preemption.
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An application which has registered its own locking
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methods with
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.Fn dllockinit
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can restore the default locking by calling
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.Fn dllockinit
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with all arguments
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.Dv NULL .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr rtld 1 ,
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.Xr signal 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn dllockinit
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function first appeared in
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.Fx 4.0 .
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