NAME¶

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

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_bool SDL_AtomicTryLock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);

DESCRIPTION¶

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

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.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO¶

SDL_AtomicLock(3), SDL_AtomicUnlock(3)