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 or service procedures to upgrade to exclusive access at the outer perimeter. A module where the put procedures run with shared access at the inner perimeter (D_MTPUTSHARED) can use qwriter(9F) in the put or service procedures 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 "Sample Multithreaded Module with Outer Perimeter".