QB_THREAD_LOCK(3)

hey bestie 💖 you just opened QB_THREAD_LOCK(3) from the libqb Programmer's Manual and honestly? iconic. let's get into it. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

qb_thread_lock — this one calls either pthread_mutex_lock() or pthread_spin_lock(). that's the whole assignment, no cap. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so here's the exact synopsis, bestie — copy-paste it with the vibes:

       #include <qb/qbutil.h>

       int32_t qb_thread_lock(
           qb_thread_lock_t   *tl
       );

wait bestie, keep the exact spacing and names if you're copy-pasting. int32_t, qb_thread_lock, qb_thread_lock_t, tl — all of it. periodt. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

not me opening the original manpage and finding the DESCRIPTION section literally empty 😭 like there is no prose here, bestie. zero. nada. the vibe is silence. 🙈

so the only tea we have is from NAME and SYNOPSIS: qb_thread_lock calls either pthread_mutex_lock() or pthread_spin_lock(), it returns an int32_t, and it takes a qb_thread_lock_t pointer called tl. that's it. that's the whole story. 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these too, they're all in the same friend group:

• qb_util_nano_current_get(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_stop(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_split(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_split_ctl(3)
• qb_thread_unlock(3)
• qb_strerror_r(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_time_split_get(3)
• qb_util_set_log_function(3)
• qb_util_timespec_from_epoch_get(3)
• qb_thread_lock_destroy(3)
• qb_thread_trylock(3)
• qb_util_nano_monotonic_hz(3)
• qb_util_nano_from_epoch_get(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_create(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_split_last(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_free(3)
• qb_thread_lock_create(3)
• qb_timespec_add_ms(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_start(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_us_elapsed_get(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_sec_elapsed_get(3)

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Red Hat, Inc. — periodt, protect the legal besties. 💖

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and that's the page, bestie. this came from LIBQB, dated 2025-09-16, and it's serving QB_THREAD_LOCK(3) realness. slay. 💅✨