SpinLock Class Reference

A simple spin-lock class that can be used as a simple, low-overhead mutex for uncontended situations. More...

Public Types
using	ScopedLockType = GenericScopedLock< SpinLock >
	Provides the type of scoped lock to use for locking a SpinLock. More...
using	ScopedUnlockType = GenericScopedUnlock< SpinLock >
	Provides the type of scoped unlocker to use with a SpinLock. More...

Public Member Functions
	SpinLock ()=default
	~SpinLock ()=default
void	enter () const noexcept
	Acquires the lock. More...
bool	tryEnter () const noexcept
	Attempts to acquire the lock, returning true if this was successful. More...
void	exit () const noexcept
	Releases the lock. More...

Detailed Description

A simple spin-lock class that can be used as a simple, low-overhead mutex for uncontended situations.

Note that unlike a CriticalSection, this type of lock is not re-entrant, and may be less efficient when used in a highly contended situation, but it's very small and requires almost no initialisation. It's most appropriate for simple situations where you're only going to hold the lock for a very brief time.

See also

CriticalSection

Member Typedef Documentation

ScopedLockType

using SpinLock::ScopedLockType = GenericScopedLock<SpinLock>

Provides the type of scoped lock to use for locking a SpinLock.

ScopedUnlockType

using SpinLock::ScopedUnlockType = GenericScopedUnlock<SpinLock>

Provides the type of scoped unlocker to use with a SpinLock.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SpinLock()

SpinLock::SpinLock ( )

default

~SpinLock()

SpinLock::~SpinLock ( )

default

Member Function Documentation

enter()

void SpinLock::enter ( ) const

noexcept

Acquires the lock.

This will block until the lock has been successfully acquired by this thread. Note that a SpinLock is NOT re-entrant, and is not smart enough to know whether the caller thread already has the lock - so if a thread tries to acquire a lock that it already holds, this method will never return!

It's strongly recommended that you never call this method directly - instead use the ScopedLockType class to manage the locking using an RAII pattern instead.

tryEnter()

bool SpinLock::tryEnter ( ) const

noexcept

Attempts to acquire the lock, returning true if this was successful.

exit()

void SpinLock::exit ( ) const

noexcept

Releases the lock.

References jassert.

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

• juce_SpinLock.h