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       RW_TRYWRLOCK(D3)                                    RW_TRYWRLOCK(D3)


       NAME
             RW_TRYWRLOCK - try to acquire a read/write lock in write mode

       SYNOPSIS
             #include <sys/types.h>
             #include <sys/ksynch.h>
             #include <sys/ddi.h>
             pl_t RW_TRYWRLOCK(rwlock_t *lockp, pl_t pl);

          Arguments
             lockp     Pointer to the read/write lock to be acquired.

             pl        The interrupt priority level to be set while the
                       lock is held by the caller.

       DESCRIPTION
             If the lock specified by lockp is immediately available in
             write mode (no context is holding the lock in read mode or
             write mode), the RW_TRYWRLOCK function sets the interrupt
             priority level in accordance with the value specified by pl
             (if required by the implementation) and acquires the lock in
             write mode.  If the lock is not immediately available in write
             mode, RW_TRYWRLOCK returns without acquiring the lock.

          Return Values
             If the lock is acquired, RW_TRYWRLOCK returns the previous
             interrupt priority level (plbase - plhi).  If the lock is not
             acquired the value invpl is returned.

       USAGE
             Because some implementations require that interrupts that
             might attempt to acquire the lock be blocked on the processor
             on which the lock is held, portable drivers must specify a pl
             value that is sufficient to block out any interrupt handler
             that might attempt to acquire this lock.  See the description
             of the min_pl argument to RW_ALLOC(D3) for additional
             discussion and a list of the valid values for pl.
             Implementations which do not require that the interrupt
             priority level be raised during lock acquisition may choose to
             ignore this argument.

             When called from interrupt level, the pl argument must not
             specify a priority level below the level at which the
             interrupt handler is running.  RW_TRYWRLOCK may be used to
             acquire a lock in a different order from the order defined by
             the lock hierarchy.


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      RW_TRYWRLOCK(D3)                                    RW_TRYWRLOCK(D3)


         Level
            Base or Interrupt.

         Synchronization Constraints
            Does not sleep.

            Driver-defined basic locks, read/write locks, and sleep locks
            may be held across calls to this function.

      REFERENCES
            RW_ALLOC(D3), RW_DEALLOC(D3), RW_RDLOCK(D3), RW_TRYRDLOCK(D3),
            RW_UNLOCK(D3), RW_WRLOCK(D3)

      NOTICES
         Portability
            All processors

         Applicability
            ddi: 5, 5mp, 6, 6mp, 7, 7mp





























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