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1<h2>lock_handoff_accept</h2>
2<hr>
3<p>
4<strong>Function</strong> - Accept a lock hand-off.
5<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
6<pre>
7<strong>kern_return_t lock_handoff_accept</strong>
8 <strong>(lock_set_t</strong> <var>lock_set</var>,
9 <strong>int</strong> <var>lock_id</var><strong>);</strong>
10</pre>
11<h3>PARAMETERS</h3>
12<dl>
13<p>
14<dt> <var>lock_set</var>
15<dd>
16[in send right] The port naming the lock set which represents the
17lock.
18<p>
19<dt> <var>lock_id</var>
20<dd>
21[in scalar] The lock, represented by the lock set, that is the object
22of the handoff operation.
23</dl>
24<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
25<p>
26The <strong>lock_handoff_accept</strong> function accepts a lock
27hand-off from an anonymous sending thread. If the sending thread is
28not waiting to hand-off the lock, the calling thread will block until
29the lock handoff is completed. Only one thread may be waiting to
30accept a lock handoff at any given time.
31<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3>
32<dl>
33<p>
34<dt> <strong>KERN_ALREADY_WAITING</strong>
35<dd>
36Another thread is already waiting for a hand-off of this lock.
37<p>
38<dt> <strong>KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT</strong>
39<dd>
40The specified lock_set is invalid, or the lock_id is out of range.
41<p>
42<dt> <strong>KERN_SUCCESS</strong>
43<dd>
44The lock hand-off was successful.
45<p>
46<dt> <strong>KERN_LOCK_UNSTABLE</strong>
47<dd>
48The acquired lock has an unstable state.
49<p>
50<dt> <strong>KERN_LOCK_SET_DESTROYED</strong>
51<dd>
52The specified lock has been destroyed.
53<p>
54<dt> <strong>KERN_ABORTED</strong>
55<dd>
56While blocked to wait for the sending thread to transfer the lock's ownership,
57 the calling thread was awoken by an unrelated event;
58 the lock's handoff state is cleared.
59</dl>
60<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>
61<p>
62Functions:
63<a href="lock_acquire.html"><strong>lock_acquire</strong></a>,
64<a href="lock_release.html"><strong>lock_release</strong></a>,
65<a href="lock_try.html"><strong>lock_try</strong></a>,
66<a href="lock_handoff.html"><strong>lock_handoff</strong></a>.