(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_TryLockSpinlock

Try to lock a spin lock by setting it to a non-zero value.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_atomic.h>

Syntax

SDL_bool SDL_TryLockSpinlock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);

Function Parameters

lock	a pointer to a lock variable

Return Value

Returns SDL_TRUE if the lock succeeded, SDL_FALSE if the lock is already held.

Remarks

Please note that spinlocks are dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. Please be careful using any sort of spinlock!

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

See Also

• SDL_LockSpinlock
• SDL_UnlockSpinlock

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