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lock_terminate(9r)
NAME
  lock_terminate - General: Terminates, using a complex lock

SYNOPSIS
  #include <kern/lock.h>

  void lock_terminate(
	  lock_t lock_structptr );

ARGUMENTS
  lock_structptr
      Specifies a pointer to the complex lock structure, lock. The lock
      structure is an opaque data structure; that is, its associated members
      are referenced and manipulated by the operating system and not by the
      user of the complex lock mechanism.

DESCRIPTION
  The lock_terminate routine determines that the driver is done using the
  complex lock forever. The complex lock must be free (that is, the driver
  does not hold the lock) before calling lock_terminate. The kernel module
  must not reference the specified complex lock after calling lock_terminate.

NOTES
  You must call lock_init (once only) prior to calling lock_terminate to
  initialize the lock structure pointer for the resource.  A resource, from
  the kernel module's standpoint, is data that more than one kernel thread
  can manipulate. You can store the resource in global variables and in data
  structure members.

RETURN VALUES
  None

FILES
  <lock.h>

SEE ALSO
  Kernel routines: lock_done(9r), lock_init(9r), lock_try_read(9r),
  lock_try_write(9r), lock_write(9r)

  Data Structures: lock(9s)

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