SYNOPSIS

#include <tdb.h>

int tdb_chainlock(TDB_CONTEXT *tdb, TDB_DATA key);
void tdb_chainunlock(TDB_CONTEXT *tdb, TDB_DATA key);

DESCRIPTION

tdb_chainlock is a low-level function used to lock a particular key (and a number of other keys) without any checking: any other process attempting to perform tdb operations on those keys will block until tdb_chainunlock is called.

NOTES

It is the user's responsibility to ensure that they do not deadlock the database using these functions: something which is impossible using the other access functions.

RETURN VALUE

A return value of 0 indicates success and -1 indicates failure.

AUTHORS

Software: Andrew Tridgell <[email protected]> Man page: Rusty.

RELATED TO tdb_chainlock…

gdbm(3), tdb(3), tdb_lockall(3).