The scoped locking pattern. More...
#include <mutex.h>
Public Member Functions | |
| scoped_lock () | |
| Construct lock that has not acquired a mutex. | |
| scoped_lock (mutex &mutex) | |
| Acquire lock on given mutex. | |
| ~scoped_lock () | |
| Release lock (if lock is held). | |
| void | acquire (mutex &mutex) |
| Acquire lock on given mutex. | |
| bool | try_acquire (mutex &mutex) |
| Try acquire lock on given mutex. | |
| void | release () |
| Release lock. | |
Friends | |
| class | mutex |
The scoped locking pattern.
It helps to avoid the common problem of forgetting to release lock. It also nicely provides the "node" for queuing locks.