Function
GLibOnceinit_enter
since: 2.14
Declaration [src]
gboolean
g_once_init_enter (
void* location
)
Description [src]
Function to be called when starting a critical initialization
section. The argument location
must point to a static
0-initialized variable that will be set to a value other than 0 at
the end of the initialization section. In combination with
g_once_init_leave()
and the unique address value_location
, it can
be ensured that an initialization section will be executed only once
during a program’s life time, and that concurrent threads are
blocked until initialization completed. To be used in constructs
like this:
static gsize initialization_value = 0;
if (g_once_init_enter (&initialization_value))
{
gsize setup_value = 42; // initialization code here
g_once_init_leave (&initialization_value, setup_value);
}
// use initialization_value here
While location
has a volatile
qualifier, this is a historical artifact and
the pointer passed to it should not be volatile
.
Available since: 2.14