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barrier-unblock Function

Summary

Unblocks a barrier.

Package

mp

Signature

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

Arguments
barrier
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 barrier, which means that any thread that is waiting on barrier wakes and returns from barrier-wait, and its arriver count is reset to 0.

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

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

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

See also

process-terminate
barrier
barrier-wait
make-barrier
19.7.2 Synchronization barriers


LispWorks® User Guide and Reference Manual - 01 Dec 2021 19:30:51