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Macro RT_INIT_SPINLOCK

RT_INIT_SPINLOCK initializes a spinlock:

typedef struct RTSpinlock; 
void RT_INIT_SPINLOCK(RTSpinlock Lock, DWORD Flags, const char * Name);

Parameters

Lock

Pointer to the spinlock to initialize.

Flags

Please see macro RTSPINLOCK for all supported spinlock flags.

Name

A string containing the name of the spinlock. Only a pointer to this string is maintained by the spinlock, so the string must not be deallocated. It is used for diagnostics purposes only.

Macro RT_INIT_SPINLOCK can be used to initialize spinlocks allocated from the heap. Generally, using RTSPINLOCK is the preferred method to initialize spinlocks.

Macro RTSPINLOCK

Function RTLockSpinlock