SPLRAISEIPL(9)

SPLRAISEIPL(9) | NetBSD Kernel Developer's Manual | SPLRAISEIPL(9)

# NAME

splraiseipl — raise the system priority level

# SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>

int
splraiseipl(ipl_cookie_t icookie);

# DESCRIPTION

splraiseipl() raises the system priority level to the level specified by icookie. icookie should be a value returned by makeiplcookie().

In general, device drivers should not make use of this interface. To ensure correct synchronization, device drivers should use the condvar(9), mutex(9), and rwlock(9) interfaces.

See the spl(9) manual page for a description of interrupt priority levels.

# RETURN VALUES

splraiseipl() returns saved priority level which can be used for splx().

# EXAMPLES

The following two lines are functional equivalents.

    	s = splraiseipl(makeiplcookie(IPL_VM));

    	s = splvm();

Because makeiplcookie() can be slow and is not expected to be used in a perfomance critical path, it's better to do it beforehand.

    	initialization_code(ipl_t ipl)
    	{

    		ourcookie = makeiplcookie(ipl);
    	}

    	performance_critical_code()
    	{
    		int s;

    		s = splraiseipl(ourcookie);
    		do_something();
    		splx(s);
    	}

# SEE ALSO

condvar(9), makeiplcookie(9), mutex(9), rwlock(9), spl(9)

February 11, 2007 | NetBSD 5.99