qwriter(9F)

Modules can use the qwriter(9F) function to upgrade from shared to exclusive access at a perimeter. For example, a module with an outer perimeter can use qwriter(9F) in the put procedure to upgrade to exclusive access at the outer perimeter. A module where the put procedure runs with shared access at the inner perimeter (D_MTPUTSHARED) can use qwriter(9F) in the put procedure to upgrade to exclusive access at the inner perimeter.

Note that qwriter(9F) cannot be used in the open or close procedures. If a module needs exclusive access at the outer perimeter in the open and/or close procedures, it has to specify that the outer perimeter should always be entered exclusively for open and close (using D_MTOCEXCL).

The STREAMS framework guarantees that all deferred qwriter(9F) callbacks associated with a queue have executed before the module's close routine is called for that queue.

For an example of a driver using qwriter(9F) see Example 12-2.