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Top Forums Programming Accesing structure member:Error:dereferencing pointer to incomplete type Post 302116631 by amit4g on Monday 7th of May 2007 08:32:29 AM
Old 05-07-2007
sheer stupidity by me .(My applogy)
declared a structure pointer and never assigned it to anything(should have assigned it to structure).

Anyways,Better late than never : )
 

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simple_lock_init(9r)													      simple_lock_init(9r)

NAME
simple_lock_init - General: Initializes a simple lock structure SYNOPSIS
#include <kern/lock.h> void simple_lock_init( simple_lock_t slock_ptr ); ARGUMENTS
Specifies a pointer to a simple lock structure. You can declare this simple lock structure by using the decl_simple_lock_data routine. DESCRIPTION
The simple_lock_init routine initializes the simple lock structure that you previously declared with the decl_simple_lock_data routine. You need to initialize the simple lock structure only once. After you initialize the simple lock structure, you can call simple_lock to assert exclusive access on the associated resource. RETURN VALUES
None FILES
SEE ALSO
Routines: decl_simple_lock_data(9r), simple_lock(9r), simple_lock_terminate(9r), simple_lock_try(9r), simple_unlock(9r) Data Structures: slock(9s) simple_lock_init(9r)
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