Linux and UNIX Man Pages

Linux & Unix Commands - Search Man Pages

vop_lock(9) [minix man page]

VOP_LOCK(9)						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual					       VOP_LOCK(9)

NAME
VOP_LOCK, VOP_UNLOCK, VOP_ISLOCKED, vn_lock -- serialize access to a vnode SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/lock.h> #include <sys/vnode.h> int VOP_LOCK(struct vnode *vp, int flags); int VOP_UNLOCK(struct vnode *vp, int flags); int VOP_ISLOCKED(struct vnode *vp); int vn_lock(struct vnode *vp, int flags); DESCRIPTION
These calls are used to serialize access to the file system, such as to prevent two writes to the same file from happening at the same time. The arguments are: vp The vnode being locked or unlocked. flags One of the lock request types: LK_SHARED Shared lock. LK_EXCLUSIVE Exclusive lock. LK_UPGRADE Shared-to-exclusive upgrade. LK_DOWNGRADE Exclusive-to-shared downgrade. LK_RELEASE Release any type of lock. LK_DRAIN Wait for all lock activity to end. The lock type may be or'ed with these lock flags: LK_NOWAIT Do not sleep to wait for lock. LK_SLEEPFAIL Sleep, then return failure. LK_CANRECURSE Allow recursive exclusive lock. LK_NOWITNESS Instruct witness(4) to ignore this instance. The lock type may be or'ed with these control flags: LK_INTERLOCK Specify when the caller already has a simple lock (VOP_LOCK() will unlock the simple lock after getting the lock). LK_RETRY Retry until locked. Kernel code should use vn_lock() to lock a vnode rather than calling VOP_LOCK() directly. vn_lock() also does not want a thread spec- ified as argument but it assumes curthread to be used. RETURN VALUES
Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error is returned. SEE ALSO
vnode(9) AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Doug Rabson. BSD
February 25, 2008 BSD

Check Out this Related Man Page

VOP_LOCK(9)						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual					       VOP_LOCK(9)

NAME
VOP_LOCK, VOP_UNLOCK, VOP_ISLOCKED, vn_lock -- serialize access to a vnode SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/lock.h> #include <sys/vnode.h> int VOP_LOCK(struct vnode *vp, int flags); int VOP_UNLOCK(struct vnode *vp, int flags); int VOP_ISLOCKED(struct vnode *vp); int vn_lock(struct vnode *vp, int flags); DESCRIPTION
These calls are used to serialize access to the file system, such as to prevent two writes to the same file from happening at the same time. The arguments are: vp The vnode being locked or unlocked. flags One of the lock request types: LK_SHARED Shared lock. LK_EXCLUSIVE Exclusive lock. LK_UPGRADE Shared-to-exclusive upgrade. LK_DOWNGRADE Exclusive-to-shared downgrade. LK_RELEASE Release any type of lock. LK_DRAIN Wait for all lock activity to end. The lock type may be or'ed with these lock flags: LK_NOWAIT Do not sleep to wait for lock. LK_SLEEPFAIL Sleep, then return failure. LK_CANRECURSE Allow recursive exclusive lock. LK_NOWITNESS Instruct witness(4) to ignore this instance. The lock type may be or'ed with these control flags: LK_INTERLOCK Specify when the caller already has a simple lock (VOP_LOCK() will unlock the simple lock after getting the lock). LK_RETRY Retry until locked. Kernel code should use vn_lock() to lock a vnode rather than calling VOP_LOCK() directly. vn_lock() also does not want a thread spec- ified as argument but it assumes curthread to be used. RETURN VALUES
Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error is returned. SEE ALSO
vnode(9) AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Doug Rabson. BSD
February 25, 2008 BSD
Man Page

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Programming

help with write-read locks inter-process

I need help!Many Thanks! Now,I try to manage the shared memory inter-process . Inevitably,I have to deal with the synchronous. I know the pthread_rwlock in posix,and I compile ,then run successfully in Red Hat Enterprise 4. I have a doubt about whether the Posix supports the system such as... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: weizh
1 Replies

2. Programming

Trying to understand kernel

Hi all, I'm a user and a programmer of UNIX based systems (mainly FreeBSD and Linux). I have never programmed or tried to fully understand the kernel layer. I haven't a special propouse for learning it, but I'd like to. Can anyone suggest me books, documentation or examples that may help me... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mghis
2 Replies

3. Programming

Learning OS design, Linux Vs. Minix???

Hi friends, I hope everybody is fine. I have been studing operating system concepts at college, and I find this subject very interesting. I've decided that I must go into this field no matter what, hopefully someday I would design my own operating system. I have two choices infront of me, studying... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: gabam
9 Replies

4. Android

Basic Android platform information.

I am thinking of developing an app' for Android mobile devices... Two questions here:- 1) Does anyone _develop_ for the Android _mobile_ platform? If so do you use OSX 10.7.5 or greater as your _development_platform_? 2) I know ********* is gonna say that the Android terminal/shell is... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
13 Replies

5. Fedora

Is UNIX an open source OS ?

Hi everyone, I know the following questions are noobish questions but I am asking them because I am confused about the basics of history behind UNIX and LINUX. Ok onto business, my questions are-: Was/Is UNIX ever an open source operating system ? If UNIX was... (21 Replies)
Discussion started by: sreyan32
21 Replies

6. SCO

Study UNIX Kernel

Hi all, I hope you are fine, I'd like study Os I tried a book like Silberschatz it's a good book but like other books it talks about the concepts abstractly and that's due to it try to encompass many concepts from many operating systems in GENERAL. i am not too much comfortable from these... (20 Replies)
Discussion started by: Abdo_8008
20 Replies

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

New to Unix

I'm new on the site and do not write very well in English, I am now using osx platform and was attracted to her. For several searches on random websites for Unix content yours was the best and most interesting, I registered and already visualized some very interesting content. But I wonder where... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mmmrugby
3 Replies

8. What is on Your Mind?

Just getting started with UNIX programming and administration

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and this is my very first post, one i think i will look back at many years from now and have nothing to regret about. This is simply because i recently installed Linux (Ubuntu) on my system and downloaded a book titled, The Unix Programming Environment. I... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: despiragado
7 Replies

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Shopt -s histappend

What is the point of this? Whenever I close my shell it appends to the history file without adding this. I have never seen it overwrite my history file. # When the shell exits, append to the history file instead of overwriting it shopt -s histappend (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
3 Replies