STREAMS-UX Programmer's Guide (February 2007)

STREAMS Utilities Supported by HP-UX
Appendix B
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NAME
SV_DEALLOC () – Deallocate an instance of a synchronization variable.
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/stream.h>
void SV_DEALLOC(sv_t *svp);
PARAMETERS
svp Pointer to the synchronization variable to be deallocated.
DESCRIPTION
SV_DEALLOC deallocates the synchronization variable specified by svp .
RETURN VALUES
None
CONSTRAINTS
SV_DEALLOC() does not sleep and so can be called from thread and the interrupt context. Only spinlocks of
STREAMS/UX user lock order can be held across this call.