comedi_lock

Langue: en

Version: 28 October 2007 (fedora - 05/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

comedi_lock - subdevice reservation

SYNOPSIS

#include <comedilib.h>

int comedi_lock (comedi_t * device, unsigned int subdevice);

DESCRIPTION

The function comedi_lock() reserves a subdevice for use by the current process. While the lock is held, no other process is allowed to read, write, or configure that subdevice, although other processes can read information about the subdevice. The lock is released when comedi_unlock() is called, or the device is closed.

RETURN VALUE

If sucessful, 0 is returned. If there is an error, -1 is returned.