NAME

smtx_unlock — unlock a previously acquired spinlock.

SYNOPSIS

library “threads”
#include <threadse.h>

int
smtx_unlock(smtx_t *s);

DESCRIPTION

The function smtx_unlock() will unlock a previously acquired spinlock s.

RETURN VALUES

Upon success smtx_unlock() will return thrd_success. In case of error thrd_error will be returned.

SEE ALSO

smtx_init(3) smtx_destroy(3) smtx_lock(3) smtx_trylock(3)

HISTORY

The smtx_unlock() function first appeared in the Adelsbach Enhanced Threading Library. MacOS support was added in version 1.0.1 using an implementation with atomic variables.

AUTHORS

Jan Adelsbach <jan@jadelsbach.de>