.\" $OpenBSD: mutex.9,v 1.24 2017/10/30 13:33:36 visa Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Pedro Martelletto .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: October 30 2017 $ .Dt MUTEX 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm mutex , .Nm mtx_init , .Nm mtx_init_flags , .Nm mtx_enter , .Nm mtx_enter_try , .Nm mtx_leave , .Nm MUTEX_ASSERT_LOCKED , .Nm MUTEX_ASSERT_UNLOCKED , .Nm MUTEX_INITIALIZER , .Nm MUTEX_INITIALIZER_FLAGS .Nd interface to CPU mutexes .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/mutex.h .Ft void .Fn mtx_init "struct mutex *mtxp" "int wantipl" .Ft void .Fn mtx_init_flags "struct mutex *mtxp" "int wantipl" "const char *name" \ "int flags" .Ft void .Fn mtx_enter "struct mutex *mtxp" .Ft int .Fn mtx_enter_try "struct mutex *mtxp" .Ft void .Fn mtx_leave "struct mutex *mtxp" .Fn MUTEX_ASSERT_LOCKED "struct mutex *mtxp" .Fn MUTEX_ASSERT_UNLOCKED "struct mutex *mtxp" .Fn MUTEX_INITIALIZER "int wantipl" .Fn MUTEX_INITIALIZER_FLAGS "int wantipl" "const char *name" "int flags" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm set of functions provides a non-recursive, interrupt-aware spinning mechanism to ensure mutual exclusion between different CPUs. .Pp The .Fn mtx_init function is used to initiate the mutex pointed to by .Fa mtxp . When acquired, the mutex will cause the processor interrupt level to be raised to .Fa wantipl if necessary. .Pp The .Fn mtx_init_flags macro is similar to .Fn mtx_init , but it additionally accepts parameters for .Xr witness 4 . The pointer .Fa name differentiates a lock type. Two mutexes have the same lock type only if they have been created by the same occurrence of .Fn mtx_init_flags with the same pointer .Fa name . The .Fa flags parameter is a bitwise OR of the following options: .Bl -tag -width MTX_NOWITNESS -offset indent .It Dv MTX_DUPOK Prevents .Xr witness 4 from logging when a CPU acquires more than one lock of this lock type. .It Dv MTX_NOWITNESS Instructs .Xr witness 4 to ignore this lock. .El .Pp The .Fn mtx_enter function acquires a mutex, spinning if necessary. .Pp The .Fn mtx_enter_try function attempts to acquire a mutex. .Pp The .Fn mtx_leave function releases a mutex. In case the acquisition of the mutex caused the interrupt level to be changed, it is then restored. .Pp The .Fn MUTEX_ASSERT_LOCKED and .Fn MUTEX_ASSERT_UNLOCKED macros may be used to assert that a mutex is held locked or unlocked by the current CPU. .Pp A mutex declaration may be initialised with the .Fn MUTEX_INITIALIZER macro. When acquired, the mutex will cause the processor interrupt level to be raised to .Fa wantipl if necessary. .Pp The .Fn MUTEX_INITIALIZER_FLAGS macro is similar to .Fn MUTEX_INITIALIZER , but it additionally accepts parameters for .Xr witness 4 . See the .Fn mtx_init_flags macro for details. .Sh CONTEXT .Fn mtx_init and .Fn mtx_init_flags can be called during autoconf, from process context, or from interrupt context. .Pp .Fn mtx_enter , .Fn mtx_enter_try , and .Fn mtx_leave can be called during autoconf, from process context, or from any interrupt context at or below the interrupt level .Fa mtxp was initialised with. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn mtx_enter_try function will return non-zero if it succeeds in acquiring the mutex .Fa mtxp , otherwise it will return 0. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr msleep 9 , .Xr rwlock 9 , .Xr spl 9 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm functions first appeared in .Ox 3.6 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm functions were written by .An Artur Grabowski Aq Mt art@openbsd.org . .Sh CAVEATS As these are spinning locks, don't sleep while holding one. .Pp Multiple mutexes may be nested, but not interleaved. This is okay: .Bd -literal -offset indent mtx_enter(foo); mtx_enter(bar); mtx_leave(bar); mtx_leave(foo); .Ed .Pp While this is .Fa not : .Bd -literal -offset indent mtx_enter(foo); mtx_enter(bar); mtx_leave(foo); mtx_leave(bar); .Ed