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Latest revision as of 13:01, 25 September 2016
This page lists the spare knowledge people bothered to document on the official CTR API.
Synchronization Primitives[edit]
These are to be considered in extension to the system calls outlined in Multi-threading.
Critical Section (light-weight mutex)[edit]
Similar to a mutex, but faster and no priority inheritance. Therefore problems such as priority inversion may occur.
CriticalSection::Initialize[edit]
Creates an object
CriticalSection::Enter[edit]
Locks out threads from accessing a critical section.
CriticalSection::Leave[edit]
Unlocks and allows for access to a critical section.
Light Semaphore[edit]
API unknown.
Light Event[edit]
API unknown.