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.Dd $Mdocdate: October 30 2017 $
.Dt RWLOCK 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rwlock ,
.Nm rw_init ,
.Nm rw_init_flags ,
.Nm rw_enter ,
.Nm rw_exit ,
.Nm rw_enter_read ,
.Nm rw_enter_write ,
.Nm rw_exit_read ,
.Nm rw_exit_write ,
.Nm rw_assert_wrlock ,
.Nm rw_assert_rdlock ,
.Nm rw_assert_anylock ,
.Nm rw_assert_unlocked ,
.Nm rw_status ,
.Nm RWLOCK_INITIALIZER ,
.Nm rrw_init ,
.Nm rrw_init_flags ,
.Nm rrw_enter ,
.Nm rrw_exit ,
.Nm rrw_status
.Nd interface to read/write locks
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/rwlock.h
.Ft void
.Fn rw_init "struct rwlock *rwl" "const char *name"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_init_flags "struct rwlock *rwl" "const char *name" "int flags"
.Ft int
.Fn rw_enter "struct rwlock *rwl" "int flags"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_exit "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_enter_read "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_enter_write "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_exit_read "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_exit_write "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft int
.Fn rw_assert_wrlock "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_assert_rdlock "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_assert_anylock "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft void
.Fn rw_assert_unlocked "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Ft int
.Fn rw_status "struct rwlock *rwl"
.Fn RWLOCK_INITIALIZER "const char *name"
.Ft void
.Fn rrw_init "struct rrwlock *rrwl" "const char *name"
.Ft void
.Fn rrw_init_flags "struct rrwlock *rrwl" "const char *name" "int flags"
.Ft int
.Fn rrw_enter "struct rrwlock *rrwl" "int flags"
.Ft void
.Fn rrw_exit "struct rrwlock *rrwl"
.Ft int
.Fn rrw_status "struct rrwlock *rrwl"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
set of functions provides a multiple-reader, single-writer locking mechanism to
ensure mutual exclusion between different threads.
.Pp
Read locks can be acquired while the write lock is not held, and may coexist in
distinct threads at any time.
A write lock, however, can only be acquired when there are no read locks held,
granting exclusive access to a single thread.
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_init
function is used to initiate the lock pointed to by
.Fa rwl .
The
.Fa name
argument specifies the name of the lock, which is used as the wait message
if the thread needs to sleep.
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_init_flags
macro is similar to
.Fn rw_init ,
but it additionally accepts a bitwise OR of the following flags:
.Bl -tag -width RWL_NOWITNESS -offset indent
.It Dv RWL_DUPOK
Prevents
.Xr witness 4
from logging when a thread acquires more than one lock of this lock type.
.It Dv RWL_IS_VNODE
Make
.Xr witness 4
ignore lock order issues between this lock type and any other lock type
tagged with the
.Dv RWL_IS_VNODE
flag.
.It Dv RWL_NOWITNESS
Instructs
.Xr witness 4
to ignore this lock.
.El
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_enter
function acquires a lock.
The
.Fa flags
argument specifies what kind of lock should be obtained and also
modifies the operation.
The possible flags are:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -offset indent -width RW_DOWNGRADEXXX -compact
.It Dv RW_READ
Acquire a shared lock.
.It Dv RW_WRITE
Acquire an exclusive lock.
.It Dv RW_DOWNGRADE
Safely release an exclusive lock and acquire a shared lock without
letting other exclusive locks in between.
.It Dv RW_INTR
When waiting for a lock, allow signals to interrupt the sleep.
.It Dv RW_NOSLEEP
Do not wait for busy locks, fail with
.Dv EBUSY
instead.
.It Dv RW_SLEEPFAIL
Wait for busy locks, but do not obtain them, fail with
.Dv EAGAIN
instead.
.El
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_exit
function is used to release a held lock.
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_enter_read
function acquires a read lock, sleeping if necessary.
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_enter_write
function acquires a write lock, sleeping if necessary.
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_exit_read
function releases a read lock.
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_exit_write
function releases a write lock.
.Pp
The
.Fn rw_assert_wrlock ,
.Fn rw_assert_rdlock ,
.Fn rw_assert_anylock ,
and
.Fn rw_assert_unlocked
functions check the status
.Fa rwl ,
panicking if it is not write-, read-, any-, or unlocked, respectively.
.Pp
.Nm rw_status
returns the current state of the lock:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "RW_WRITE_OTHER" -offset indent -compact
.It Dv RW_WRITE
Lock is write locked by the calling thread.
.It Dv RW_WRITE_OTHER
Lock is write locked by a different thread.
.It Dv RW_READ
Lock is read locked.
The current thread may be one of the threads that has it locked.
.It 0
Lock is not locked.
.El
.Pp
A lock declaration may be initialised with the
.Fn RWLOCK_INITIALIZER
macro.
The
.Fa name
argument specifies the name of the lock, which is used as the wait message
if the thread needs to sleep.
.Pp
The
.Nm rrwlock
functions support recursive write locking by the same process.
They otherwise behave the same as their rwlock counterparts.
.Sh CONTEXT
.Fn rw_init ,
.Fn rw_init_flags ,
.Fn rrw_init
and
.Fn rrw_init_flags
can be called during autoconf, from process context, or from interrupt context.
.Pp
All other functions can be called during autoconf or from process context.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mutex 9 ,
.Xr spl 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
functions first appeared in
.Ox 3.5 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
functions were written by
.An Artur Grabowski Aq Mt art@openbsd.org .