Function

Summary

Unblocks a barrier.

Package

mp

Signature

barrier-unblock barrier &key disable reset-count kill-waiting

Arguments

disable

A boolean.

reset-count

A positive fixnum, t or nil .

kill-waiting

A boolean.

Description

The function barrier-unblock unblocks the barrier barrier , potentially disabling it, resetting its count or killing the waiting processes.

Without keyword arguments, barrier-unblock unblocks the barrier, which means that any thread that is waiting on the barrier wakes and returns from barrier-wait, and the arriver count is reset to 0.

If disable is true, or if disable is not passed and the barrier was made with disable-on-unblock true, then barrier-unblock also disables the barrier, so any further calls to barrier-wait return nil immediately.

If reset-count is true, it must be valid count (a positive fixnum or t ), and barrier-unblock sets the count of the barrier to this value.

If kill-waiting is true, instead of waking up the waiting threads, barrier-unblock kills them (by process-kill).

See also

process-kill
barrier-wait
make-barrier