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lock(9s)
NAME
  lock - General: Contains complex lock-specific information

SYNOPSIS
  The lock data 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. Therefore, this
  reference page omits a description of the lock data structure's associated
  members.

DESCRIPTION
  The lock data structure is the complex lock structure that contains complex
  lock-specific information. A kernel module writer using the complex lock
  method declares a pointer to a lock data structure and passes its address
  to the associated lock routines.

NOTES
  The header file <lock.h> shows typedef statements that assign the alternate
  name lock_data_t for the complex lock structure and lock_t for a pointer to
  the complex lock structure.

FILES
  <kern/lock.h>

SEE ALSO
  Routines: lock_done(9r), lock_init(9r), lock_read(9r), lock_terminate(9r),
  lock_try_read(9r), lock_try_write(9r), lock_write(9r)

  Data Structures: slock(9s)

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