| 256,10 → 256,10 |
|---|
| and is used to synchronize writers. The writer's lock operation, |
| <emphasis>rwlock_write_lock_timeout</emphasis>, simply tries to acquire |
| the exclusive mutex. If it succeeds, the writer is granted the rwlock. |
| However, if the operation fails, the writer must check for potential |
| readers at the head of the list of sleeping threads associated with the |
| mutex's wait queue and proceed according to the procedure outlined |
| above.</para> |
| However, if the operation fails (e.g. times out), the writer must check |
| for potential readers at the head of the list of sleeping threads |
| associated with the mutex's wait queue and proceed according to the |
| procedure outlined above.</para> |
| |
| <para>The exclusive mutex plays an important role in reader |
| synchronization as well. However, a reader doing the reader's lock |