Mutex Class Reference

#include <threadengine_pthread.h>

Inheritance diagram for Mutex:

Public Member Functions
	Mutex ()
void	Lock ()
void	Unlock ()
	~Mutex ()
void	Lock ()
void	Unlock ()

Protected Attributes
pthread_mutex_t	putex

Detailed Description

The Mutex class represents a mutex, which can be used to keep threads properly synchronised. Use mutexes sparingly, as they are a good source of thread deadlocks etc, and should be avoided except where absolutely neccessary. Note that the internal behaviour of the mutex varies from OS to OS depending on the thread engine, for example in windows a Mutex in InspIRCd uses critical sections, as they are faster and simpler to manage.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Mutex()

Mutex::Mutex ( )

inline

Constructor.

~Mutex()

Mutex::~Mutex ( )

inline

Destructor

Member Function Documentation

Lock()

void Mutex::Lock ( )

inline

Enter/enable the mutex lock.

Unlock()

void Mutex::Unlock ( )

inline

Leave/disable the mutex lock.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h
• include/threadengines/threadengine_win32.h