NAME
BUF_TIMELOCK —
locks a buffer
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/param.h>
#include <sys/systm.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <sys/bio.h>
#include <sys/buf.h>
int
BUF_TIMELOCK(struct
buf *bp, int
locktype, char
*wmesg, int catch,
int timo);
DESCRIPTION
TheBUF_TIMELOCK()
function locks the given buffer, and limits the amount of time it will sleep
to timo and OR's catch into the
sleep's priority. wmesg is the wmesg used in the sleep.
Its arguments are:
- bp
- The buffer to lock.
- locktype
- Flags controlling the type of lock. See lockmgr(9) for details.
- wmesg
- The wmesg used in any sleeps while acquiring the lock.
- catch
- Priority OR'd into the sleep's priority.
- timo
- The timeout for any sleeps encountered during the lock.
RETURN VALUES
A value of 0 is returned on success. See lockmgr(9) for details on non-zero return values.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>.