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ftrylockfile
LOCKFILE(3) Linux Programmer's Manual LOCKFILE(3)
NAME
flockfile, ftrylockfile, funlockfile - lock FILE for stdio
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
void flockfile(FILE *filehandle);
int ftrylockfile(FILE *filehandle);
void funlockfile(FILE *filehandle);
DESCRIPTION
The stdio functions are thread-safe. This is achieved by assigning to each FILE object a lockcount and (if the lockcount is nonzero) an
owning thread. For each library call, these functions wait until the FILE object is no longer locked by a different thread, then lock it,
do the requested I/O, and unlock the object again.
(Note: this locking has nothing to do with the file locking done by functions like flock(2) and lockf(3).)
All this is invisible to the C-programmer, but there may be two reasons to wish for more detailed control. On the one hand, maybe a series
of I/O actions by one thread belongs together, and should not be interrupted by the I/O of some other thread. On the other hand, maybe the
locking overhead should be avoided for greater efficiency.
To this end, a thread can explicitly lock the FILE object, then do its series of I/O actions, then unlock. This prevents other threads from
coming in between. If the reason for doing this was to achieve greater efficiency, one does the I/O with the non-locking versions of the
stdio functions: with getc_unlocked() and putc_unlocked() instead of getc() and putc().
The flockfile() function waits for *filehandle to be no longer locked by a different thread, then makes the current thread owner of *file-
handle, and increments the lockcount.
The funlockfile() function decrements the lock count.
The ftrylockfile() function is a non-blocking version of flockfile(). It does nothing in case some other thread owns *filehandle, and it
obtains ownership and increments the lockcount otherwise.
RETURN VALUE
The ftrylockfile() function returns zero for success (the lock was obtained), and nonzero for failure.
ERRORS
None.
AVAILABILITY
These functions are available when _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS is defined. They are in libc since libc 5.1.1 and in glibc since glibc 2.0.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1
SEE ALSO
unlocked_stdio(3)
2001-10-18 LOCKFILE(3)