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apr_global_mutex.h
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00016 
00017 #ifndef APR_GLOBAL_MUTEX_H
00018 #define APR_GLOBAL_MUTEX_H
00019 
00020 /**
00021  * @file apr_global_mutex.h
00022  * @brief APR Global Locking Routines
00023  */
00024 
00025 #include "apr.h"
00026 #include "apr_proc_mutex.h"    /* only for apr_lockmech_e */
00027 #include "apr_pools.h"
00028 #include "apr_errno.h"
00029 #if APR_PROC_MUTEX_IS_GLOBAL
00030 #include "apr_proc_mutex.h"
00031 #endif
00032 
00033 #ifdef __cplusplus
00034 extern "C" {
00035 #endif /* __cplusplus */
00036 
00037 /**
00038  * @defgroup APR_GlobalMutex Global Locking Routines
00039  * @ingroup APR 
00040  * @{
00041  */
00042 
00043 #if !APR_PROC_MUTEX_IS_GLOBAL || defined(DOXYGEN)
00044 
00045 /** Opaque global mutex structure. */
00046 typedef struct apr_global_mutex_t apr_global_mutex_t;
00047 
00048 /*   Function definitions */
00049 
00050 /**
00051  * Create and initialize a mutex that can be used to synchronize both
00052  * processes and threads. Note: There is considerable overhead in using
00053  * this API if only cross-process or cross-thread mutual exclusion is
00054  * required. See apr_proc_mutex.h and apr_thread_mutex.h for more
00055  * specialized lock routines.
00056  * @param mutex the memory address where the newly created mutex will be
00057  *        stored.
00058  * @param fname A file name to use if the lock mechanism requires one.  This
00059  *        argument should always be provided.  The lock code itself will
00060  *        determine if it should be used.
00061  * @param mech The mechanism to use for the interprocess lock, if any; one of
00062  * <PRE>
00063  *            APR_LOCK_FCNTL
00064  *            APR_LOCK_FLOCK
00065  *            APR_LOCK_SYSVSEM
00066  *            APR_LOCK_POSIXSEM
00067  *            APR_LOCK_PROC_PTHREAD
00068  *            APR_LOCK_DEFAULT     pick the default mechanism for the platform
00069  * </PRE>
00070  * @param pool the pool from which to allocate the mutex.
00071  * @warning Check APR_HAS_foo_SERIALIZE defines to see if the platform supports
00072  *          APR_LOCK_foo.  Only APR_LOCK_DEFAULT is portable.
00073  */
00074 APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_global_mutex_create(apr_global_mutex_t **mutex,
00075                                                   const char *fname,
00076                                                   apr_lockmech_e mech,
00077                                                   apr_pool_t *pool);
00078 
00079 /**
00080  * Re-open a mutex in a child process.
00081  * @param mutex The newly re-opened mutex structure.
00082  * @param fname A file name to use if the mutex mechanism requires one.  This
00083  *              argument should always be provided.  The mutex code itself will
00084  *              determine if it should be used.  This filename should be the 
00085  *              same one that was passed to apr_global_mutex_create().
00086  * @param pool The pool to operate on.
00087  * @remark This function must be called to maintain portability, even
00088  *         if the underlying lock mechanism does not require it.
00089  */
00090 APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_global_mutex_child_init(
00091                               apr_global_mutex_t **mutex,
00092                               const char *fname,
00093                               apr_pool_t *pool);
00094 
00095 /**
00096  * Acquire the lock for the given mutex. If the mutex is already locked,
00097  * the current thread will be put to sleep until the lock becomes available.
00098  * @param mutex the mutex on which to acquire the lock.
00099  */
00100 APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_global_mutex_lock(apr_global_mutex_t *mutex);
00101 
00102 /**
00103  * Attempt to acquire the lock for the given mutex. If the mutex has already
00104  * been acquired, the call returns immediately with APR_EBUSY. Note: it
00105  * is important that the APR_STATUS_IS_EBUSY(s) macro be used to determine
00106  * if the return value was APR_EBUSY, for portability reasons.
00107  * @param mutex the mutex on which to attempt the lock acquiring.
00108  */
00109 APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_global_mutex_trylock(apr_global_mutex_t *mutex);
00110 
00111 /**
00112  * Release the lock for the given mutex.
00113  * @param mutex the mutex from which to release the lock.
00114  */
00115 APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_global_mutex_unlock(apr_global_mutex_t *mutex);
00116 
00117 /**
00118  * Destroy the mutex and free the memory associated with the lock.
00119  * @param mutex the mutex to destroy.
00120  */
00121 APR_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_global_mutex_destroy(apr_global_mutex_t *mutex);
00122 
00123 /**
00124  * Return the name of the lockfile for the mutex, or NULL
00125  * if the mutex doesn't use a lock file
00126  */
00127 APR_DECLARE(const char *) apr_global_mutex_lockfile(apr_global_mutex_t *mutex);
00128 
00129 /**
00130  * Display the name of the mutex, as it relates to the actual method used
00131  * for the underlying apr_proc_mutex_t, if any.  NULL is returned if
00132  * there is no underlying apr_proc_mutex_t.
00133  * @param mutex the name of the mutex
00134  */
00135 APR_DECLARE(const char *) apr_global_mutex_name(apr_global_mutex_t *mutex);
00136 
00137 /**
00138  * Get the pool used by this global_mutex.
00139  * @return apr_pool_t the pool
00140  */
00141 APR_POOL_DECLARE_ACCESSOR(global_mutex);
00142 
00143 #else /* APR_PROC_MUTEX_IS_GLOBAL */
00144 
00145 /* Some platforms [e.g. Win32] have cross process locks that are truly
00146  * global locks, since there isn't the concept of cross-process locks.
00147  * Define these platforms in terms of an apr_proc_mutex_t.
00148  */
00149 
00150 #define apr_global_mutex_t          apr_proc_mutex_t
00151 #define apr_global_mutex_create     apr_proc_mutex_create
00152 #define apr_global_mutex_child_init apr_proc_mutex_child_init
00153 #define apr_global_mutex_lock       apr_proc_mutex_lock
00154 #define apr_global_mutex_trylock    apr_proc_mutex_trylock
00155 #define apr_global_mutex_unlock     apr_proc_mutex_unlock
00156 #define apr_global_mutex_destroy    apr_proc_mutex_destroy
00157 #define apr_global_mutex_lockfile   apr_proc_mutex_lockfile
00158 #define apr_global_mutex_name       apr_proc_mutex_name
00159 #define apr_global_mutex_pool_get   apr_proc_mutex_pool_get
00160 
00161 #endif
00162 
00163 /** @} */
00164 
00165 #ifdef __cplusplus
00166 }
00167 #endif
00168 
00169 #endif  /* ndef APR_GLOBAL_MUTEX_H */
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