MPTCTL_SYSCALL_DOWN

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NAME

mptctl_syscall_down - Down the MPT adapter syscall semaphore.  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

int mptctl_syscall_down (MPT_ADAPTER * ioc, int nonblock);  

ARGUMENTS

ioc
Pointer to MPT adapter
nonblock
boolean, non-zero if O_NONBLOCK is set
 

DESCRIPTION

All of the ioctl commands can potentially sleep, which is illegal with a spinlock held, thus we perform mutual exclusion here.

Returns negative errno on error, or zero for success.


 

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