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25.Dd January 22, 2004
26.Dt PTHREAD_SPIN_LOCK 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm pthread_spin_lock , pthread_spin_trylock , pthread_spin_unlock
30.Nd "lock or unlock a spin lock"
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb libpthread
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In pthread.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn pthread_spin_lock "pthread_spinlock_t *lock"
37.Ft int
38.Fn pthread_spin_trylock "pthread_spinlock_t *lock"
39.Ft int
40.Fn pthread_spin_unlock "pthread_spinlock_t *lock"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn pthread_spin_lock
44function will acquire
45.Fa lock
46if it is not currently owned by another thread.
47If the lock cannot be acquired immediately, it will
48spin attempting to acquire the lock (it will not sleep) until
49it becomes available.
50.Pp
51The
52.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
53function is the same as
54.Fn pthread_spin_lock
55except that if it cannot acquire
56.Fa lock
57immediately it will return with an error.
58.Pp
59The
60.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
61function will release
62.Fa lock ,
63which must have been previously locked by a call to
64.Fn pthread_spin_lock
65or
66.Fn pthread_spin_trylock .
67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68If successful, all these functions will return zero.
69Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
70.Pp
71None of these functions will return
72.Er EINTR .
73.Sh ERRORS
74The
75.Fn pthread_spin_lock ,
76.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
77and
78.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
79functions will fail if:
80.Bl -tag -width Er
81.It Bq Er EINVAL
82The value specified by
83.Fa lock
84is invalid or is not initialized.
85.El
86.Pp
87The
88.Fn pthread_spin_lock
89function may fail if:
90.Bl -tag -width Er
91.It Bq Er EDEADLK
92The calling thread already owns the lock.
93.El
94.Pp
95The
96.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
97function will fail if:
98.Bl -tag -width Er
99.It Bq Er EBUSY
100Another thread currently holds
101.Fa lock .
102.El
103.Pp
104The
105.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
106function may fail if:
107.Bl -tag -width Er
108.It Bq Er EPERM
109The calling thread does not own
110.Fa lock .
111.El
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr pthread_spin_destroy 3 ,
114.Xr pthread_spin_init 3
115.Sh HISTORY
116The
117.Fn pthread_spin_lock ,
118.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
119and
120.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
121functions first appeared in
122.Lb libkse
123in
124.Fx 5.2 ,
125and in
126.Lb libthr
127in
128.Fx 5.3 .
129.Sh BUGS
130The implementation of
131.Fn pthread_spin_lock ,
132.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
133and
134.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
135is expected to conform to
136.St -p1003.2 .
137