Author: aschnell Date: Sun Aug 3 16:36:42 2008 New Revision: 49605 URL: http://svn.opensuse.org/viewcvs/yast?rev=49605&view=rev Log: - added documentation Modified: trunk/storage/libstorage/src/StorageInterface.h Modified: trunk/storage/libstorage/src/StorageInterface.h URL: http://svn.opensuse.org/viewcvs/yast/trunk/storage/libstorage/src/StorageInterface.h?rev=49605&r1=49604&r2=49605&view=diff ============================================================================== --- trunk/storage/libstorage/src/StorageInterface.h (original) +++ trunk/storage/libstorage/src/StorageInterface.h Sun Aug 3 16:36:42 2008 @@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ * queried with \link storage::StorageInterface::isCacheChanges() * isCacheChanges()\endlink. * + * \section Locking + * + * During initialisation libstorage installs a global lock so that several + * programs trying to use libstorage at the same time do not interfere. This + * lock is either read-only or read-write depending on the readonly parameter + * used in \link storage::StorageInterface::createStorageInterface() + * createStorageInterface() \endlink. + * + * Several processes may hold a read-lock, but only one process may hold a + * read-write lock. An read-write lock excludes all other locks, both + * read-only and read-write. + * * \section Example * * Here is a simple example to demonstrate the usage of libstorage: -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-commit+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-commit+help@opensuse.org