Inside Macintosh: Networking With Open Transport / Part 2 - Open Transport Reference

Chapter 27 - Utilities Reference / Functions

Locking Functions /

OTClearLock

Clears a lock and marks the end of a critical section.

C INTERFACE

void OTClearLock    (OTLock* lockPtr)

C++ INTERFACE

None. C++ applications use the C interface to this function.

PARAMETERS

lockPtr

A pointer to a lock that you want to release.

DISCUSSION

This function clears the lock specified by the lockPtr parameter. You should only attempt to clear the lock if OTAquireLock returned true.

Use the OTAcquireLock function to acquire a lock to a critical section.