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= Synchronization Primitives = | = Synchronization Primitives = | ||
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
These are to be considered in extension to the system calls outlined in Multi-threading.
Critical Section (light-weight mutex)
Similar to a mutex, but faster and no priority inheritance. Therefore problems such as priority inversion may occur.
CriticalSection::Initialize
Creates an object
CriticalSection::Enter
Locks out threads from accessing a critical section.
CriticalSection::Leave
Unlocks and allows for access to a critical section.
Light Semaphore
API unknown.
Light Event
API unknown.