console_lock(9)

console_lock9

Lock the console system for exclusive use.

Usage

void console_lock(void);

Arguments

void

no arguments

Overview

Acquires a lock which guarantees that the caller has exclusive access to the console system and the console_drivers list.

Can sleep, returns nothing.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7
  2. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.