STREAMS Programming Guide

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

STREAMS Anchors

An anchor is a lock that prevents the removal of a STREAMS module with an I_POP call. You place an anchor in a stream on the module you want to lock. All modules at or below the anchor are locked, and can only be popped by a privileged process.

prevents the removal of a STREAMS module with an I_POP call. You place an anchor in a stream on the module you want to lock. All modules at or below the anchor are locked, and can only be popped by a privileged process.