CONSOLE_TRYLOCK(9) Driver Basics CONSOLE_TRYLOCK(9)NAMEconsole_trylock - try to lock the console system for exclusive use.
SYNOPSIS
int console_trylock(void);
ARGUMENTS
void
no arguments
DESCRIPTION
Tried to acquire a lock which guarantees that the caller has exclusive
access to the console system and the console_drivers list.
returns 1 on success, and 0 on failure to acquire the lock.
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