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Function RTKCreateSpinlock

RTKCreateSpinlock creates a new spinlock:

RTKSpinlock RTKCreateSpinlock(unsigned CPUs, const char * Name);

Parameters

CPUs

The maximum number of CPUs which may use this spinlock. If the spinlock is created after RTKernelInit has been called, use the value returned by RTKCPUs(). Each CPU needs about 64 bytes of RAM.

Name

Pointer to a name for the new spinlock. Only the pointer, but not the whole name, is copied into the spinlock. The name is used for diagnostics purposes only.

return value

A reference to the newly created spinlock.

Function RTKDeleteSpinlock