process-exclusive-unlock Function

Summary

Like process-unlock, but on a "sharing" lock.

Package

mp

Signature

process-exclusive-unlock sharing-lock

Arguments

sharing-lock⇩

A sharing lock.

Description

The function process-exclusive-unlock is the same as process-unlock but for a "sharing" lock.

Calls to process-exclusive-unlock should be paired with process-exclusive-lock calls. In most cases the macro with-exclusive-lock the best way to achieve this.

Notes

process-exclusive-unlock is guaranteed to successfully unlock sharing-lock, but is not guaranteed to return, as described in 19.4.3 Guarantees and limitations when locking and unlocking.

See also

process-exclusive-lock
process-unlock
with-exclusive-lock
19.4 Locks