os_mutex_alloc(D3psm)
os_mutex_alloc --
allocate and initialize a simple mutex exclusion lock
Synopsis
ms_lockp_t os_mutex_alloc(void)
Description
os_mutex_alloc allocates and initializes a simple mutex
exclusion lock ms_lockp_t.
The lock can be acquired using
os_mutex_lock(D3psm)
and released using
os_mutex_unlock(D3psm).
It can be freed using
os_mutex_free(D3psm).
os_mutex_lock may be called from pfxinitpsm
or from the following entry points:
MSOP_INIT_CPU(D2psm),
MSOP_START_CPU(D2psm),
MSOP_INTR_ATTACH(D2psm)
and
MSOP_INTR_DETACH(D2psm).
Arguments
None.
Return values
Returns a ms_lockp_t pointer to the lock structure.
Usage
Hardware applicability
All.
Version applicability
psm:
2
References
MSOP_INIT_CPU(D2psm),
MSOP_START_CPU(D2psm),
MSOP_INTR_ATTACH(D2psm),
MSOP_INTR_DETACH(D2psm),
os_mutex_lock(D3psm),
os_mutex_unlock(D3psm),
os_mutex_free(D3psm)
19 June 2005
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OpenServer 6 and UnixWare (SVR5) HDK - 19 June 2005