ACE_RW_Process_Mutex Class Reference

Wrapper for readers/writer locks that exist across processes. More...

#include <RW_Process_Mutex.h>

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Public Member Functions

 ACE_RW_Process_Mutex (const ACE_TCHAR *name=0, int flags=O_CREAT|O_RDWR, mode_t mode=ACE_DEFAULT_OPEN_PERMS)
 ~ACE_RW_Process_Mutex (void)
int remove (void)
int acquire (void)
 Acquire lock ownership (wait on queue if necessary).
int tryacquire (void)
int release (void)
 Release lock and unblock a thread at head of queue.
int acquire_read (void)
 Acquire lock ownership (wait on queue if necessary).
int acquire_write (void)
 Acquire lock ownership (wait on queue if necessary).
int tryacquire_read (void)
int tryacquire_write (void)
int tryacquire_write_upgrade (void)
const ACE_File_Locklock (void) const
 Return the underlying lock.
void dump (void) const
 Dump the state of an object.

Public Attributes

 ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE
 Declare the dynamic allocation hooks.

Private Member Functions

const ACE_TCHARunique_name (void)
 Create and return the unique name.

Private Attributes

ACE_TCHAR name_ [ACE_UNIQUE_NAME_LEN]
ACE_File_Lock lock_
 We need this to get the readers/writer semantics...


Detailed Description

Wrapper for readers/writer locks that exist across processes.

Note that because this class uses the <ACE_File_Lock> as its implementation it only can be reliably used between separate processes, rather than threads in the same process. This isn't a limitation of ACE, it's simply the file lock semantics on UNIX and Win32.

Todo:
For systems with pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared one may consider using them to make the mutex faster.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::ACE_RW_Process_Mutex ( const ACE_TCHAR name = 0,
int  flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR,
mode_t  mode = ACE_DEFAULT_OPEN_PERMS 
)

Create a readers/writer <Process_Mutex>, passing in the optional name, flags and mode

See also:
ACE_File_Lock. If not specified, a name is generated and flags and mode are set to default platform values.

ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::~ACE_RW_Process_Mutex ( void   ) 


Member Function Documentation

ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::remove ( void   ) 

Explicitly destroy the mutex. Note that only one thread should call this method since it doesn't protect against race conditions.

ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::acquire ( void   ) 

Acquire lock ownership (wait on queue if necessary).

ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::tryacquire ( void   ) 

Conditionally acquire lock (i.e., don't wait on queue). Returns -1 on failure. If we "failed" because someone else already had the lock, errno is set to EBUSY.

ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::release ( void   ) 

Release lock and unblock a thread at head of queue.

ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::acquire_read ( void   ) 

Acquire lock ownership (wait on queue if necessary).

ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::acquire_write ( void   ) 

Acquire lock ownership (wait on queue if necessary).

ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::tryacquire_read ( void   ) 

Conditionally acquire a lock (i.e., won't block). Returns -1 on failure. If we "failed" because someone else already had the lock, errno is set to EBUSY.

ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::tryacquire_write ( void   ) 

Conditionally acquire a lock (i.e., won't block). Returns -1 on failure. If we "failed" because someone else already had the lock, errno is set to EBUSY.

ACE_INLINE int ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::tryacquire_write_upgrade ( void   ) 

Attempt to upgrade a read lock to a write lock. Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.

ACE_INLINE const ACE_File_Lock & ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::lock ( void   )  const

Return the underlying lock.

void ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::dump ( void   )  const

Dump the state of an object.

ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL const ACE_TCHAR * ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::unique_name ( void   )  [private]

Create and return the unique name.


Member Data Documentation

Declare the dynamic allocation hooks.

ACE_TCHAR ACE_RW_Process_Mutex::name_[ACE_UNIQUE_NAME_LEN] [private]

If the user does not provide a name we generate a unique name in this buffer.

We need this to get the readers/writer semantics...


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