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37 .Nd stdio stream locking functions
43 .Fn flockfile "FILE *file"
45 .Fn ftrylockfile "FILE *file"
47 .Fn funlockfile "FILE *file"
54 functions provide applications with explicit control of locking of
56 They can be used by a thread to execute a sequence of I/O operations
57 as a unit, without interference from another thread.
59 Locks on stdio streams are recursive, and a lock count is maintained.
60 stdio streams are created unlocked, with a lock count of zero.
61 After successful acquisition of the lock, its count is incremented
62 to one, indicating locked state of the stdio stream.
63 Each subsequent relock operation performed by the owner thread
64 increments the lock count by one, and each subsequent unlock
65 operation performed by the owner thread decrements the lock count by one,
66 allowing matching lock and unlock operations to be nested.
67 After its lock count is decremented to zero, the stdio stream returns
68 to unlocked state, and ownership of the stdio stream is relinquished.
72 function acquires the ownership of
74 for the calling thread.
77 is already owned by another thread, the calling thread is suspended
78 until the acquisition is possible (i.e.,
80 is relinquished again and the calling thread is scheduled to acquire it).
84 function acquires the ownership of
86 for the calling thread only if
92 function relinquishes the ownership of
94 previously granted to the calling thread.
95 Only the current owner of
104 Otherwise, it returns non-zero to indicate that the lock cannot be acquired.
107 .Xr getc_unlocked 3 ,
108 .Xr getchar_unlocked 3 ,
110 .Xr putc_unlocked 3 ,
111 .Xr putchar_unlocked 3
123 function first appeared in
126 The design of these interfaces does not allow for addressing the
127 problem of priority inversion.