Add (POSIX defined) struct flock
struct flock is posix defined locking mechanism on *nix platform Example usage (copied from https://gavv.github.io/articles/file-locks/) : #include <fcntl.h> struct flock fl; memset(&fl, 0, sizeof(fl)); // lock in shared mode fl.l_type = F_RDLCK; // lock entire file fl.l_whence = SEEK_SET; // offset base is start of the file fl.l_start = 0; // starting offset is zero fl.l_len = 0; // len is zero, which is a special value representing end // of file (no matter how large the file grows in future) fl.l_pid = 0; // F_SETLK(W) ignores it; F_OFD_SETLK(W) requires it to be zero // F_SETLKW specifies blocking mode if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLKW, &fl) == -1) { exit(1); } // atomically upgrade shared lock to exclusive lock, but only // for bytes in range [10; 15) // // after this call, the process will hold three lock regions: // [0; 10) - shared lock // [10; 15) - exclusive lock // [15; SEEK_END) - shared lock fl.l_type = F_WRLCK; fl.l_start = 10; fl.l_len = 5; // F_SETLKW specifies non-blocking mode if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &fl) == -1) { exit(1); } // release lock for bytes in range [10; 15) fl.l_type = F_UNLCK; if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &fl) == -1) { exit(1); } // close file and release locks for all regions // remember that locks are released when process calls close() // on any descriptor for a lock file close(fd);
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