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27.Dd November 17, 2017
28.Dt LOCK 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm lockinit ,
32.Nm lockdestroy ,
33.Nm lockmgr ,
34.Nm lockmgr_args ,
35.Nm lockmgr_args_rw ,
36.Nm lockmgr_disown ,
37.Nm lockmgr_printinfo ,
38.Nm lockmgr_recursed ,
39.Nm lockmgr_rw ,
40.Nm lockstatus ,
41.Nm lockmgr_assert
42.Nd "lockmgr family of functions"
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/types.h
45.In sys/lock.h
46.In sys/lockmgr.h
47.Ft void
48.Fn lockinit "struct lock *lkp" "int prio" "const char *wmesg" "int timo" "int flags"
49.Ft void
50.Fn lockdestroy "struct lock *lkp"
51.Ft int
52.Fn lockmgr "struct lock *lkp" "u_int flags" "struct mtx *ilk"
53.Ft int
54.Fn lockmgr_args "struct lock *lkp" "u_int flags" "struct mtx *ilk" "const char *wmesg" "int prio" "int timo"
55.Ft int
56.Fn lockmgr_args_rw "struct lock *lkp" "u_int flags" "struct rwlock *ilk" "const char *wmesg" "int prio" "int timo"
57.Ft void
58.Fn lockmgr_disown "struct lock *lkp"
59.Ft void
60.Fn lockmgr_printinfo "const struct lock *lkp"
61.Ft int
62.Fn lockmgr_recursed "const struct lock *lkp"
63.Ft int
64.Fn lockmgr_rw "struct lock *lkp" "u_int flags" "struct rwlock *ilk"
65.Ft int
66.Fn lockstatus "const struct lock *lkp"
67.Pp
68.Cd "options INVARIANTS"
69.Cd "options INVARIANT_SUPPORT"
70.Ft void
71.Fn lockmgr_assert "const struct lock *lkp" "int what"
72.Sh DESCRIPTION
73The
74.Fn lockinit
75function is used to initialize a lock.
76It must be called before any operation can be performed on a lock.
77Its arguments are:
78.Bl -tag -width ".Fa wmesg"
79.It Fa lkp
80A pointer to the lock to initialize.
81.It Fa prio
82The priority passed to
83.Xr sleep 9 .
84.It Fa wmesg
85The lock message.
86This is used for both debugging output and
87.Xr sleep 9 .
88.It Fa timo
89The timeout value passed to
90.Xr sleep 9 .
91.It Fa flags
92The flags the lock is to be initialized with:
93.Bl -tag -width ".Dv LK_CANRECURSE"
94.It Dv LK_CANRECURSE
95Allow recursive exclusive locks.
96.It Dv LK_NOPROFILE
97Disable lock profiling for this lock.
98.It Dv LK_NOSHARE
99Allow exclusive locks only.
100.It Dv LK_NOWITNESS
101Instruct
102.Xr witness 4
103to ignore this lock.
104.It Dv LK_NODUP
105.Xr witness 4
106should log messages about duplicate locks being acquired.
107.It Dv LK_QUIET
108Disable
109.Xr ktr 4
110logging for this lock.
111.It Dv LK_TIMELOCK
112Use
113.Fa timo
114during a sleep; otherwise, 0 is used.
115.El
116.El
117.Pp
118The
119.Fn lockdestroy
120function is used to destroy a lock, and while it is called in a number of
121places in the kernel, it currently does nothing.
122.Pp
123The
124.Fn lockmgr
125and
126.Fn lockmgr_rw
127functions handle general locking functionality within the kernel, including
128support for shared and exclusive locks, and recursion.
129.Fn lockmgr
130and
131.Fn lockmgr_rw
132are also able to upgrade and downgrade locks.
133.Pp
134Their arguments are:
135.Bl -tag -width ".Fa flags"
136.It Fa lkp
137A pointer to the lock to manipulate.
138.It Fa flags
139Flags indicating what action is to be taken.
140.Bl -tag -width ".Dv LK_NODDLKTREAT"
141.It Dv LK_SHARED
142Acquire a shared lock.
143If an exclusive lock is currently held,
144.Dv EDEADLK
145will be returned.
146.It Dv LK_EXCLUSIVE
147Acquire an exclusive lock.
148If an exclusive lock is already held, and
149.Dv LK_CANRECURSE
150is not set, the system will
151.Xr panic 9 .
152.It Dv LK_DOWNGRADE
153Downgrade exclusive lock to a shared lock.
154Downgrading a shared lock is not permitted.
155If an exclusive lock has been recursed, the system will
156.Xr panic 9 .
157.It Dv LK_UPGRADE
158Upgrade a shared lock to an exclusive lock.
159If this call fails, the shared lock is lost, even if the
160.Dv LK_NOWAIT
161flag is specified.
162During the upgrade, the shared lock could
163be temporarily dropped.
164Attempts to upgrade an exclusive lock will cause a
165.Xr panic 9 .
166.It Dv LK_TRYUPGRADE
167Try to upgrade a shared lock to an exclusive lock.
168The failure to upgrade does not result in the dropping
169of the shared lock ownership.
170.It Dv LK_RELEASE
171Release the lock.
172Releasing a lock that is not held can cause a
173.Xr panic 9 .
174.It Dv LK_DRAIN
175Wait for all activity on the lock to end, then mark it decommissioned.
176This is used before freeing a lock that is part of a piece of memory that is
177about to be freed.
178(As documented in
179.In sys/lockmgr.h . )
180.It Dv LK_SLEEPFAIL
181Fail if operation has slept.
182.It Dv LK_NOWAIT
183Do not allow the call to sleep.
184This can be used to test the lock.
185.It Dv LK_NOWITNESS
186Skip the
187.Xr witness 4
188checks for this instance.
189.It Dv LK_CANRECURSE
190Allow recursion on an exclusive lock.
191For every lock there must be a release.
192.It Dv LK_INTERLOCK
193Unlock the interlock (which should be locked already).
194.It Dv LK_NODDLKTREAT
195Normally,
196.Fn lockmgr
197postpones serving further shared requests for shared-locked lock if there is
198exclusive waiter, to avoid exclusive lock starvation.
199But, if the thread requesting the shared lock already owns a shared lockmgr
200lock, the request is granted even in presence of the parallel exclusive lock
201request, which is done to avoid deadlocks with recursive shared acquisition.
202.Pp
203The
204.Dv LK_NODDLKTREAT
205flag can only be used by code which requests shared non-recursive lock.
206The flag allows exclusive requests to preempt the current shared request
207even if the current thread owns shared locks.
208This is safe since shared lock is guaranteed to not recurse, and is used
209when thread is known to held unrelated shared locks, to not cause
210unnecessary starvation.
211An example is
212.Dv vp
213locking in VFS
214.Xr lookup 9 ,
215when
216.Dv dvp
217is already locked.
218.El
219.It Fa ilk
220An interlock mutex for controlling group access to the lock.
221If
222.Dv LK_INTERLOCK
223is specified,
224.Fn lockmgr
225and
226.Fn lockmgr_rw
227assume
228.Fa ilk
229is currently owned and not recursed, and will return it unlocked.
230See
231.Xr mtx_assert 9 .
232.El
233.Pp
234The
235.Fn lockmgr_args
236and
237.Fn lockmgr_args_rw
238function work like
239.Fn lockmgr
240and
241.Fn lockmgr_rw
242but accepting a
243.Fa wmesg ,
244.Fa timo
245and
246.Fa prio
247on a per-instance basis.
248The specified values will override the default
249ones, but this can still be used passing, respectively,
250.Dv LK_WMESG_DEFAULT ,
251.Dv LK_PRIO_DEFAULT
252and
253.Dv LK_TIMO_DEFAULT .
254.Pp
255The
256.Fn lockmgr_disown
257function switches the owner from the current thread to be
258.Dv LK_KERNPROC ,
259if the lock is already held.
260.Pp
261The
262.Fn lockmgr_printinfo
263function prints debugging information about the lock.
264It is used primarily by
265.Xr VOP_PRINT 9
266functions.
267.Pp
268The
269.Fn lockmgr_recursed
270function returns true if the lock is recursed, 0
271otherwise.
272.Pp
273The
274.Fn lockstatus
275function returns the status of the lock in relation to the current thread.
276.Pp
277When compiled with
278.Cd "options INVARIANTS"
279and
280.Cd "options INVARIANT_SUPPORT" ,
281the
282.Fn lockmgr_assert
283function tests
284.Fa lkp
285for the assertions specified in
286.Fa what ,
287and panics if they are not met.
288One of the following assertions must be specified:
289.Bl -tag -width ".Dv KA_UNLOCKED"
290.It Dv KA_LOCKED
291Assert that the current thread has either a shared or an exclusive lock on the
292.Vt lkp
293lock pointed to by the first argument.
294.It Dv KA_SLOCKED
295Assert that the current thread has a shared lock on the
296.Vt lkp
297lock pointed to by the first argument.
298.It Dv KA_XLOCKED
299Assert that the current thread has an exclusive lock on the
300.Vt lkp
301lock pointed to by the first argument.
302.It Dv KA_UNLOCKED
303Assert that the current thread has no lock on the
304.Vt lkp
305lock pointed to by the first argument.
306.El
307.Pp
308In addition, one of the following optional assertions can be used with
309either an
310.Dv KA_LOCKED ,
311.Dv KA_SLOCKED ,
312or
313.Dv KA_XLOCKED
314assertion:
315.Bl -tag -width ".Dv KA_NOTRECURSED"
316.It Dv KA_RECURSED
317Assert that the current thread has a recursed lock on
318.Fa lkp .
319.It Dv KA_NOTRECURSED
320Assert that the current thread does not have a recursed lock on
321.Fa lkp .
322.El
323.Sh RETURN VALUES
324The
325.Fn lockmgr
326and
327.Fn lockmgr_rw
328functions return 0 on success and non-zero on failure.
329.Pp
330The
331.Fn lockstatus
332function returns:
333.Bl -tag -width ".Dv LK_EXCLUSIVE"
334.It Dv LK_EXCLUSIVE
335An exclusive lock is held by the current thread.
336.It Dv LK_EXCLOTHER
337An exclusive lock is held by someone other than the current thread.
338.It Dv LK_SHARED
339A shared lock is held.
340.It Li 0
341The lock is not held by anyone.
342.El
343.Sh ERRORS
344.Fn lockmgr
345and
346.Fn lockmgr_rw
347fail if:
348.Bl -tag -width Er
349.It Bq Er EBUSY
350.Dv LK_FORCEUPGRADE
351was requested and another thread had already requested a lock upgrade.
352.It Bq Er EBUSY
353.Dv LK_NOWAIT
354was set, and a sleep would have been required, or
355.Dv LK_TRYUPGRADE
356operation was not able to upgrade the lock.
357.It Bq Er ENOLCK
358.Dv LK_SLEEPFAIL
359was set and
360.Fn lockmgr
361or
362.Fn lockmgr_rw
363did sleep.
364.It Bq Er EINTR
365.Dv PCATCH
366was set in the lock priority, and a signal was delivered during a sleep.
367Note the
368.Er ERESTART
369error below.
370.It Bq Er ERESTART
371.Dv PCATCH
372was set in the lock priority, a signal was delivered during a sleep,
373and the system call is to be restarted.
374.It Bq Er EWOULDBLOCK
375a non-zero timeout was given, and the timeout expired.
376.El
377.Sh LOCKS
378If
379.Dv LK_INTERLOCK
380is passed in the
381.Fa flags
382argument to
383.Fn lockmgr
384or
385.Fn lockmgr_rw ,
386the
387.Fa ilk
388must be held prior to calling
389.Fn lockmgr
390or
391.Fn lockmgr_rw ,
392and will be returned unlocked.
393.Pp
394Upgrade attempts that fail result in the loss of the lock that
395is currently held.
396Also, it is invalid to upgrade an
397exclusive lock, and a
398.Xr panic 9
399will be the result of trying.
400.Sh SEE ALSO
401.Xr condvar 9 ,
402.Xr locking 9 ,
403.Xr mtx_assert 9 ,
404.Xr mutex 9 ,
405.Xr panic 9 ,
406.Xr rwlock 9 ,
407.Xr sleep 9 ,
408.Xr sx 9 ,
409.Xr VOP_PRINT 9
410.Sh AUTHORS
411This manual page was written by
412.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .
413