GClasses::GSpinLock Class Reference

On Windows, this implements a spin-lock. On Linux, this wraps pthread_mutex. More...

#include <GThread.h>

Public Member Functions
	GSpinLock ()
virtual	~GSpinLock ()
bool	isLocked ()
void	lock (const char *szWhoHoldsTheLock)
void	unlock ()

Static Public Member Functions
static void	test ()
	Performs unit tests for this class. Throws an exception if there is a failure. More...

Protected Attributes
volatile long	m_dwLocked
pthread_mutex_t	m_mutex
	maintaned on all platform as posix mutexes don't have a way to get current state. when not Win32 be aware that this value is shadowing the real mutex, and cannot be depended on especially in a MP enviroment. More...

Detailed Description

On Windows, this implements a spin-lock. On Linux, this wraps pthread_mutex.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

GClasses::GSpinLock::GSpinLock

(

)

virtual GClasses::GSpinLock::~GSpinLock ( )

virtual

Member Function Documentation

bool GClasses::GSpinLock::isLocked ( )

inline

void GClasses::GSpinLock::lock

(

const char *

szWhoHoldsTheLock

)

static void GClasses::GSpinLock::test ( )

static

Performs unit tests for this class. Throws an exception if there is a failure.

void GClasses::GSpinLock::unlock

(

)

Member Data Documentation

volatile long GClasses::GSpinLock::m_dwLocked

protected

pthread_mutex_t GClasses::GSpinLock::m_mutex

protected

maintaned on all platform as posix mutexes don't have a way to get current state. when not Win32 be aware that this value is shadowing the real mutex, and cannot be depended on especially in a MP enviroment.