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

void acquire_console_sem(void);
 

ARGUMENTS

void

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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