NAME

kjb_pthread_mutex_lock - Lock a mutex

SYNOPSIS

#include "l_mt/l_mt_pthread.h"

Example compile flags (system dependent):
  -DLINUX_X86_64 -DLINUX_X86_64_OPTERON  -DGNU_COMPILER 
   -I/home/kobus/include
   -L/home/kobus/misc/load/linux_x86_64_opteron -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  -lKJB                               -lfftw3  -lgsl -lgslcblas -ljpeg  -lSVM -lstdc++                    -lpthread -lSLATEC -lg2c    -lacml -lacml_mv -lblas -lg2c      -lncursesw 


int kjb_pthread_mutex_lock(kjb_pthread_mutex_t *mutex);

DESCRIPTION

Request control of a mutex, and block if some other thread has already claimed it. The thread will unblock after that other thread releases the mutex. LOCK STATUS: no, this does not necessarily touch thread_master_lock (unless it is an argument to this function).

RETURNS

This returns NO_ERROR if successful, otherwise it sets an error message and returns ERROR.

DISCLAIMER

This software is not adequatedly tested. It is recomended that results are checked independantly where appropriate.

AUTHOR

Andrew Predoehl

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