SpinLock Class Reference

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

#include <juce_SpinLock.h>

Collaboration diagram for SpinLock:

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

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

Private Attributes
Atomic< int >	lock

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 it 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

typedef GenericScopedLock<SpinLock> SpinLock::ScopedLockType

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

ScopedUnlockType

typedef GenericScopedUnlock<SpinLock> SpinLock::ScopedUnlockType

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

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SpinLock()

SpinLock::SpinLock ( )

inlinenoexcept

~SpinLock()

SpinLock::~SpinLock ( )

inlinenoexcept

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.

exit()

void SpinLock::exit ( ) const

inlinenoexcept

Releases the lock.

References jassert.

tryEnter()

bool SpinLock::tryEnter ( ) const

inlinenoexcept

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

Member Data Documentation

lock

Atomic<int> SpinLock::lock

mutableprivate

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

• juce_SpinLock.h