NAME¶

InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

BOOL InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount
(
CRITICAL_SECTION* crit,
DWORD spincount
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Initialise a critical section with a spin count.

PARAMS¶

crit [Out] Critical section to initialise. spincount [In] Number of times to spin upon contention.

RETURNS¶

Success: TRUE. Failure: Nothing. If the function fails an exception is raised.

NOTES¶

spincount is ignored on uni-processor systems.

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "winbase.h". Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/sync.c". Debug channel "sync".