RWLOCK(9) | Kernel Developer's Manual | RWLOCK(9) |
NAME¶
rwlock, rw_init, rw_init_flags, rw_destroy, rw_rlock, rw_wlock, rw_runlock, rw_wunlock, rw_unlock, rw_try_rlock, rw_try_upgrade, rw_try_wlock, rw_downgrade, rw_sleep, rw_initialized, rw_wowned, rw_assert, RW_SYSINIT — kernel reader/writer lockSYNOPSIS¶
#include <sys/param.h>#include <sys/lock.h>
#include <sys/rwlock.h> void
rw_init(struct rwlock *rw, const char *name); void
rw_init_flags(struct rwlock *rw, const char *name, int opts); void
rw_destroy(struct rwlock *rw); void
rw_rlock(struct rwlock *rw); void
rw_wlock(struct rwlock *rw); int
rw_try_rlock(struct rwlock *rw); int
rw_try_wlock(struct rwlock *rw); void
rw_runlock(struct rwlock *rw); void
rw_wunlock(struct rwlock *rw); void
rw_unlock(struct rwlock *rw); int
rw_try_upgrade(struct rwlock *rw); void
rw_downgrade(struct rwlock *rw); int
rw_sleep(void *chan, struct rwlock *rw, int priority, const char *wmesg, int timo); int
rw_initialized(struct rwlock *rw); int
rw_wowned(struct rwlock *rw);
options INVARIANTS
options INVARIANT_SUPPORT
void
rw_assert(struct rwlock *rw, int what); #include <sys/kernel.h> RW_SYSINIT(name, struct rwlock *rw, const char *desc);
DESCRIPTION¶
Reader/writer locks allow shared access to protected data by multiple threads, or exclusive access by a single thread. The threads with shared access are known as readers since they only read the protected data. A thread with exclusive access is known as a writer since it can modify protected data. Although reader/writer locks look very similar to sx(9) locks, their usage pattern is different. Reader/writer locks can be treated as mutexes (see mutex(9)) with shared/exclusive semantics. Unlike sx(9), an rwlock can be locked while holding a non-spin mutex, and an rwlock cannot be held while sleeping. The rwlock locks have priority propagation like mutexes, but priority can be propagated only to an exclusive holder. This limitation comes from the fact that shared owners are anonymous. Another important property is that shared holders of rwlock can recurse, and exclusive locks can be made recursive selectively.Macros and Functions¶
- rw_init(struct rwlock *rw, const char *name)
- Initialize structure located at rw as reader/writer lock, described by name name. The description is used solely for debugging purposes. This function must be called before any other operations on the lock.
- rw_init_flags(struct rwlock *rw, const char *name, int opts)
- Initialize the rw lock just like the
rw_init() function, but specifying a set of optional
flags to alter the behaviour of rw, through the
opts argument. It contains one or more of the
following flags:
RW_DUPOK
- Witness should not log messages about duplicate locks being acquired.
RW_NOPROFILE
- Do not profile this lock.
RW_NOWITNESS
- Instruct witness(4) to ignore this lock.
RW_QUIET
- Do not log any operations for this lock via ktr(4).
RW_RECURSE
- Allow threads to recursively acquire exclusive locks for rw.
- rw_rlock(struct rwlock *rw)
- Lock rw as a reader. If any thread holds this lock exclusively, the current thread blocks, and its priority is propagated to the exclusive holder. The rw_rlock() function can be called when the thread has already acquired reader access on rw. This is called “recursing on a lock”.
- rw_wlock(struct rwlock *rw)
- Lock rw as a writer. If there are any
shared owners of the lock, the current thread blocks. The
rw_wlock() function can be called recursively only if
rw has been initialized with the
RW_RECURSE
option enabled. - rw_try_rlock(struct rwlock *rw)
- Try to lock rw as a reader. This function will return true if the operation succeeds, otherwise 0 will be returned.
- rw_try_wlock(struct rwlock *rw)
- Try to lock rw as a writer. This function will return true if the operation succeeds, otherwise 0 will be returned.
- rw_runlock(struct rwlock *rw)
- This function releases a shared lock previously acquired by rw_rlock().
- rw_wunlock(struct rwlock *rw)
- This function releases an exclusive lock previously acquired by rw_wlock().
- rw_unlock(struct rwlock *rw)
- This function releases a shared lock previously acquired by rw_rlock() or an exclusive lock previously acquired by rw_wlock().
- rw_try_upgrade(struct rwlock *rw)
- Attempt to upgrade a single shared lock to an exclusive lock. The current thread must hold a shared lock of rw. This will only succeed if the current thread holds the only shared lock on rw, and it only holds a single shared lock. If the attempt succeeds rw_try_upgrade() will return a non-zero value, and the current thread will hold an exclusive lock. If the attempt fails rw_try_upgrade() will return zero, and the current thread will still hold a shared lock.
- rw_downgrade(struct rwlock *rw)
- Convert an exclusive lock into a single shared lock. The current thread must hold an exclusive lock of rw.
- rw_sleep(void *chan, struct rwlock *rw, int priority, const char *wmesg, int timo)
- Atomically release rw while waiting for an event. For more details on the parameters to this function, see sleep(9).
- rw_initialized(struct rwlock *rw)
- This function returns non-zero if rw has been initialized, and zero otherwise.
- rw_destroy(struct rwlock *rw)
- This functions destroys a lock previously initialized with rw_init(). The rw lock must be unlocked.
- rw_wowned(struct rwlock *rw)
- This function returns a non-zero value if the current thread owns an exclusive lock on rw.
- rw_assert(struct rwlock *rw, int what)
- This function allows assertions specified in
what to be made about rw. If
the assertions are not true and the kernel is compiled with
options INVARIANTS and options
INVARIANT_SUPPORT, the kernel will panic. Currently the following
assertions are supported:
RA_LOCKED
- Assert that current thread holds either a shared or exclusive lock of rw.
RA_RLOCKED
- Assert that current thread holds a shared lock of rw.
RA_WLOCKED
- Assert that current thread holds an exclusive lock of rw.
RA_UNLOCKED
- Assert that current thread holds neither a shared nor exclusive lock of rw.
SEE ALSO¶
locking(9), mutex(9), panic(9), sema(9), sx(9)HISTORY¶
These functions appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.AUTHORS¶
The rwlock facility was written by John Baldwin. This manual page was written by Gleb Smirnoff.BUGS¶
IfWITNESS
is not included in the kernel, then it is
impossible to assert that the current thread does or does not hold a read
lock. In the non-WITNESS
case, the
RA_LOCKED
and RA_RLOCKED
assertions merely check that some thread holds a read lock.
Reader/writer is a bit of an awkward name. An rwlock can also
be called a “Robert Watson” lock if desired.April 1, 2008 | Debian |