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USCTLLOCK(3P)							 USCTLLOCK(3P)


NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     usctllock - lock control operations

C SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <ulocks.h>

     int usctllock (ulock_t lock, int cmd, ...);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     usctllock provides	a variety of lock control operations as	specified by
     cmd.  Metering and	debugging information is available only	for locks
     allocated from an arena with a lock type of either	US_DEBUG or
     US_DEBUGPLUS (see usconfig(3P)).  Some cmds take a	third argument
     referred to below as arg.	The following cmds are available:

     CL_METERFETCH  Fills the lockmeter_t structure pointed to by arg with the
		    metering data associated with lock.

     CL_METERRESET  Reinitializes the lockmeter_t structure associated with
		    lock to all	values of -1.

     CL_DEBUGFETCH  Fills the lockdebug_t structure pointed to by arg with the
		    debugging data associated with lock.  See usconfig(3P) for
		    a explanation of the data returned.

     CL_DEBUGRESET  Reinitializes the elements of the lockdebug_t structure
		    associated with lock to values of -1.

     Declarations of the function and cmds, the	lockmeter_t structure, and the
     lockdebug_t structure, are	in the <ulocks.h> header file.

     The structure declaration of lockmeter_t is:

	typedef	struct		    {
		int lm_spins;	    /* times the lock request spun out */
		int lm_tries;	    /* times the lock was requested */
		int lm_hits;	    /* times the lock was acquired */
	} lockmeter_t;

     lm_tries is incremented each time ussetlock, uscsetlock or	uswsetlock is
     called.  lm_hits is incremented each time the lock	is acquired.  lm_spins
     is	incremented each time an attempt is made to acquire a lock, the	lock
     is	busy, and the number of	spins to attempt to acquire the	lock is
     exhausted.	 For uswsetlock, lm_spins is incremented once for every	time
     spins is exhausted	and the	processor is (potentially) yielded.  For
     uscsetlock, lm_spins will be incremented a	maximum	of once	per call.
     Additionally, lm_tries and	lm_spins may be	slightly wrong if uscsetlock
     is	called and fails, since	these statistics will be updated without
     actually holding any lock.






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USCTLLOCK(3P)							 USCTLLOCK(3P)



     The structure declaration of lockdebug_t is:

	typedef	struct		    {
		int ld_owner_pid;   /* the process that	owns the lock */
	} lockdebug_t;

     An	invalid	lock may yield unpredictable results.

     usctllock will fail if one	or more	of the following are true:

     [EINVAL]	    cmd	is not a valid command.

     [EINVAL]	    cmd	is equal to CL_METERFETCH and metering is not
		    currently enabled for the given lock.

     [EINVAL]	    cmd	is equal to CL_DEBUGFETCH and debugging	is not
		    currently enabled for the given lock.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     usconfig(3P), usinitlock(3P), usnewlock(3P).

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a	value
     of	-1 is returned and errno is set	to indicate the	error.


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