org.mmtk.vm
Class Lock

java.lang.Object
  org.mmtk.vm.Lock

Direct Known Subclasses:

Lock

public abstract class Lock
extends Object

Simple, fair locks with deadlock detection.

Lock

public Lock()

setName

public abstract void setName(String str)

Set the name of this lock instance

Parameters:

str - The name of the lock (for error output).

acquire

public abstract void acquire()

Try to acquire a lock and spin-wait until acquired.

check

public abstract void check(int w)

Perform sanity checks on the lock. For debugging.

Parameters:

w - Identifies the code location in the debugging output.

release

public abstract void release()

Release the lock by incrementing serving counter.