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29.Dd January 22, 2004
30.Dt PTHREAD_SPIN_LOCK 3 PTHREAD_SPIN_TRYLOCK 3 PTHREAD_SPIN_UNLOCK 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm pthread_spin_lock pthread_spin_trylock pthread_spin_unlock
34.Nd "lock or unlock a spin lock"
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libpthread
37.Lb libthr
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In pthread.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn pthread_spin_lock "pthread_spinlock_t *lock"
42.Ft int
43.Fn pthread_spin_trylock "pthread_spinlock_t *lock"
44.Ft int
45.Fn pthread_spin_unlock "pthread_spinlock_t *lock"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn pthread_spin_lock
49function will acquire
50.Fa lock
51if it is not currently owned by another thread.
52If the lock cannot be acquired immediately it will
53spin attempting to acquire the lock (it will not sleep) until
54it becomes available.
55.Pp
56The
57.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
58function is the same as
59.Fn pthread_spin_lock
60except that if it cannot acquire
61.Fa lock
62immediately it will return with an error.
63.Pp
64The
65.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
66function will release
67.Fa lock ,
68which must have been previously locked by a call to
69.Fn pthread_spin_lock
70or
71.Fn pthread_spin_trylock .
72.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
73If successful all these functions will return zero.
74Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
75.Pp
76None of these functions will return EINTR.
77.Pp
78.Sh ERRORS
79The
80.Fn pthread_spin_lock ,
81.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
82and
83.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
84functions will fail if:
85.Bl -tag -width Er
86.It Bq Er EINVAL
87The value specified by
88.Fa lock
89is invalid or is not initialized.
90.El
91.Pp
92The
93.Fn pthread_spin_lock
94function may fail if:
95.Bl -tag -width Er
96.It Bq Er EDEADLK
97The calling thread already owns the lock.
98.El
99.Pp
100The
101.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
102function will fail if:
103.Bl -tag -width Er
104.It Bq Er EBUSY
105Another thread currently holds
106.Fa lock .
107.El
108.Pp
109The
110.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
111function may fail if:
112.Bl -tag -width Er
113.It Bq Er EPERM
114The calling thread does not own
115.Fa lock .
116.El
117.Sh SEE ALSO
118.Xr pthread_spin_init 3 ,
119.Xr pthread_spin_destroy 3
120.Sh HISTORY
121The
122.Fn pthread_spin_lock ,
123.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
124and
125.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
126functions first appeared in
127.Lb libpthread
128in
129.Fx 5.2 ,
130and in
131.Lb libthr
132in
133.Fx 5.3 .
134.Sh BUGS
135The implementation of
136.Fn pthread_spin_lock ,
137.Fn pthread_spin_trylock
138and
139.Fn pthread_spin_unlock
140is expected to conform to
141.St -p1003.2 .
142