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27.Dd July 9, 2001
28.Dt BUF_TIMELOCK 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm BUF_TIMELOCK
32.Nd "locks a buffer"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/param.h
35.In sys/systm.h
36.In sys/uio.h
37.In sys/bio.h
38.In sys/buf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn BUF_TIMELOCK "struct buf *bp" "int locktype" "char *wmesg" "int catch" "int timo"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn BUF_TIMELOCK
44function locks the given buffer, and limits the amount of time it
45will sleep to
46.Fa timo
47and OR's
48.Fa catch
49into the sleep's priority.
50.Fa wmesg
51is the wmesg used in the sleep.
52.Pp
53Its arguments are:
54.Bl -tag -width ".Fa locktype"
55.It Fa bp
56The buffer to lock.
57.It Fa locktype
58Flags controlling the type of lock.
59See
60.Xr lockmgr 9
61for details.
62.It Fa wmesg
63The wmesg used in any sleeps while acquiring the lock.
64.It Fa catch
65Priority OR'd into the sleep's priority.
66.It Fa timo
67The timeout for any sleeps encountered during the lock.
68.El
69.Sh RETURN VALUES
70A value of 0 is returned on success.
71See
72.Xr lockmgr 9
73for details on non-zero return values.
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr buf 9 ,
76.Xr BUF_LOCK 9 ,
77.Xr BUF_UNLOCK 9 ,
78.Xr lockmgr 9
79.Sh AUTHORS
80This manual page was written by
81.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .
82