ACQUIRE_CONSOLE_SEM
Section: Driver Basics (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
acquire_console_sem - lock the console system for exclusive use.
SYNOPSIS
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void acquire_console_sem(void);
ARGUMENTS
void
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- no arguments
DESCRIPTION
Acquires a semaphore which guarantees that the caller has exclusive access to the console system and the console_drivers list.
Can sleep, returns nothing.
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