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spin_rw_mutex

[mutex.spin_rw_mutex]

A spin_rw_mutex is a class that models the ReaderWriterMutex requirement and satisfies all requirements of shared mutex type from the [thread.sharedmutex.requirements] ISO C++ section.

The spin_rw_mutex class is unfair spinning reader-writer lock with backoff and writer-preference.

// Defined in header <tbb/spin_rw_mutex.h>

namespace tbb {
    class spin_rw_mutex {
    public:
        spin_rw_mutex() noexcept;
        ~spin_rw_mutex();

        spin_rw_mutex(const spin_rw_mutex&) = delete;
        spin_rw_mutex& operator=(const spin_rw_mutex&) = delete;

        class scoped_lock;

        // exclusive ownership
        void lock();
        bool try_lock();
        void unlock();

        // shared ownership
        void lock_shared();
        bool try_lock_shared();
        void unlock_shared();

        static constexpr bool is_rw_mutex = true;
        static constexpr bool is_recursive_mutex = false;
        static constexpr bool is_fair_mutex = false;
    };
}

Member classes

class scoped_lock

Corresponding scoped-lock class. See the ReaderWriterMutex requirement.

Member functions

spin_rw_mutex()

Constructs unlocked spin_rw_mutex.

~spin_rw_mutex()

Destroys unlocked spin_rw_mutex.

void lock()

Acquires a lock. Spins if the lock is taken.

bool try_lock()

Attempts to acquire a lock (non-blocking) on write. Returns true if the lock is acquired on write; false otherwise.

void unlock()

Releases a write lock, held by the current thread.

void lock_shared()

Acquires a lock on read. Spins if the lock is taken on write already.

bool try_lock_shared()

Attempts to acquire the lock (non-blocking) on read. Returns true if the lock is acquired on read; false, otherwise.

void unlock_shared()

Releases a read lock held by the current thread.

spin_mutex speculative_spin_mutex