queued_spin_trylock(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… queued_spin_trylock(9) β€” Kernel API Manual πŸ’…

Okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for queued_spin_trylock β€” yes, we are literally here to talk about trying to acquire a queued spinlock. It’s giving focused, it’s giving kernel-core, and it’s honestly kind of iconic. πŸ’–βœ¨


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

queued_spin_trylock β€” try to acquire the queued spinlock 🫢

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int queued_spin_trylock (struct qspinlock *lock );

πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • lock β€” Pointer to queued spinlock structure. That’s the one and only argument, bestie β€” a pointer to the queued spinlock structure. πŸ’…

🌸 RETURN 🌸

  • 1 if lock acquired, 0 if failed. Clean, simple, a little 1-or-0 vibe check. No cap. ⭐

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

Kernel file ./include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h: queued_spin_is_locked(9), queued_spin_value_unlocked(9), queued_spin_is_contended(9), queued_spin_lock(9), queued_spin_release(9), queued_spin_unlock(9). Go read those too, iykyk. 🌈


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