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.TH "CONSOLE_TRYLOCK" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
console_trylock \- try to lock the console system for exclusive use\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ console_trylock('u
.BI "int console_trylock(" "void" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIvoid\fR
.RS 4
no arguments
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.PP
Try to acquire a lock which guarantees that the caller has exclusive access to the console system and the console_drivers list\&.
.PP
returns 1 on success, and 0 on failure to acquire the lock\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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