centos man page for console_trylock

CONSOLE_TRYLOCK(9)						   Driver Basics						CONSOLE_TRYLOCK(9)

NAME
       console_trylock - try to lock the console system for exclusive use.

SYNOPSIS
       int console_trylock(void);

ARGUMENTS
       void
	   no arguments

DESCRIPTION
       Tried to acquire a lock which guarantees that the caller has exclusive access to the console system and the console_drivers list.

       returns 1 on success, and 0 on failure to acquire the lock.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014							CONSOLE_TRYLOCK(9)