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InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount(3w)

NAME

InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS

BOOL InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount
(
CRITICAL_SECTION* crit,
DWORD spincount
)

DESCRIPTION

Initialise a critical section with a spin count.

PARAMS

crit [Out] Critical section to initialise.

spincount [In] Number of times to spin upon contention.

RETURNS

Success: TRUE.

Failure: Nothing. If the function fails an exception is raised.

NOTES

spincount is ignored on uni-processor systems.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winbase.h".

Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/sync.c".

Debug channel "sync".

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