*
* Author: S. Piccardi Dec. 2002
*
- * $Id: Mutex.c,v 1.2 2002/12/03 22:30:11 piccardi Exp $
+ * $Id: Mutex.c,v 1.3 2002/12/05 23:38:22 piccardi Exp $
*
*****************************************************************************/
#include <sys/sem.h> /* IPC semaphore declarations */
{
return semop(sem_id, &sem_ulock, 1);
}
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * File locking mutex
+ *
+ * Create a mutex usinf file locking. Use file locking to lock a file
+ * as a mutex request, and unlock it as a mutex release.
+ *
+ * Author: S. Piccardi Dec. 2002
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * Function LockMutex: lock a file (creating it if not existent).
+ *
+ * Input: a filename
+ * Output: a return code (0 OK, -1 KO)
+ */
+int LockMutex(const char *path_name)
+{
+ int fd, res;
+ struct flock lock; /* file lock structure */
+ /* first open the file (creating it if not existent) */
+ if ( (fd = open(path_name, O_EXCL|O_CREAT)) < 0) { /* first open file */
+ return fd;
+ }
+ /* set flock structure */
+ lock.l_type = F_WRLCK; /* set type: read or write */
+ lock.l_whence = SEEK_SET; /* start from the beginning of the file */
+ lock.l_start = 0; /* set the start of the locked region */
+ lock.l_len = 0; /* set the length of the locked region */
+ /* do locking */
+ if ( (res = fcntl(fd, F_SETLKW, &lock)) < 0 ) {
+ return res;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+/*
+ * Function UnlockMutex: unlock a file.
+ *
+ * Input: a filename
+ * Output: a return code (0 OK, -1 KO)
+ */
+int UnlockMutex(const char *path_name)
+{
+ int fd, res;
+ struct flock lock; /* file lock structure */
+ /* first open the file */
+ if ( (fd = open(path_name, O_RDWR)) < 0) { /* first open file */
+ return fd;
+ }
+ /* set flock structure */
+ lock.l_type = F_UNLCK; /* set type: unlock */
+ lock.l_whence = SEEK_SET; /* start from the beginning of the file */
+ lock.l_start = 0; /* set the start of the locked region */
+ lock.l_len = 0; /* set the length of the locked region */
+ /* do locking */
+ if ( (res = fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &lock)) < 0 ) {
+ return res;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}