namespace: ashet.sync

System Calls

syscall create_event(out event: SyncEvent): Creates a new SyncEvent object that can be used to synchronize different processes.
syscall notify_one(in event: SyncEvent): Completes one WaitForEvent IOP waiting for the given event.
syscall notify_all(in event: SyncEvent): Completes all WaitForEvent IOP waiting for the given event.
syscall create_mutex(out mutex: Mutex): Creates a new mutual exclusion.
syscall try_lock(in mutex: Mutex, out is_locked: bool): Tries to lock a mutex and returns if it was successful.
syscall unlock(in mutex: Mutex): Unlocks a mutual exclusion. Completes a single Lock IOP if it exists.

async_call WaitForEvent(in event: SyncEvent): Waits for the given SyncEvent to be notified.
async_call Lock(in mutex: Mutex): Locks a mutex. Will complete once the mutex is locked.