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Inside Macintosh: Networking With Open Transport / Part 2 - Open Transport Reference

Chapter 27 - Utilities Reference / Functions

OTClearLock
Clears a lock and marks the end of a critical section.

C INTERFACE
void OTClearLock    (OTLock* lockPtr)
C++ INTERFACE
None. C++ applications use the C interface to this function.

PARAMETERS

lockPtr
A pointer to a lock that you want to release.

DISCUSSION
This function clears the lock specified by the lockPtr parameter. You should only attempt to clear the lock if OTAquireLock returned true.
Use the OTAcquireLock function to acquire a lock to a critical section.