Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 24 Nov 97

Foil 19 Locks

From Overview of Tango2 Design and Implementation NPAC Seminar -- 27 August 97. by Krzysztof Walczak


Lock is the part of the variable which is used for access synchronization to the variable
Locks can be used as independent locking mechanism - the value is ignored
Lock can have value of N, S, or X
In case of S lock value a set of users is associated with the lock
In case of X lock value one user is associated with it



© on Tue Nov 25 1997