Variable Management

The LockLint database also contains information about all global variables accessed in the source code. Information about these variables is available via the vars subcommands.

One of LockLint's jobs is to determine if variable accesses are consistently protected. If you are unconcerned about accesses to a particular variable, you can remove it from consideration by using the ignore subcommand.

You may also consider using one of the following source code annotations, as appropriate.

SCHEME_PROTECTS_DATA

READ_ONLY_DATA

DATA_READABLE_WITHOUT_LOCK

NOW_INVISIBLE_TO_OTHER_THREADS

NOW_VISIBLE_TO_OTHER_THREADS

For more information, see "Source Code Annotations".