#include "sync_utils.h"
#include "mutex.h"

Include dependency graph for write_trylock.h:

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static __inline int	_write_trylock (eaddr_t ea)

Function Documentation

static __inline int _write_trylock ( eaddr_t ea ) [static]

write_trylock - acquire a writer lock, or return immediately. : handle to effective address of lock variable.

Try to acquire an exclusive writer lock, or return immediately. The only restriction here is that must be word aligned.

Returns 1 on success, or 0 on failure.

Caution: The application should not call this interface from a tight loop!! Use write_lock() instead.

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