Reference

RtlpWaitForCriticalSection(3w)

NAME

RtlpWaitForCriticalSection (NTDLL.@)

SYNOPSIS

NTSTATUS RtlpWaitForCriticalSection
(
RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION* crit
)

DESCRIPTION

Waits for a busy critical section to become free.

PARAMS

crit [In/Out] Critical section to wait for.

RETURNS

STATUS_SUCCESS.

NOTES

Use RtlEnterCriticalSection(3w) instead of this function as it is often much faster.

SEE

RtlInitializeCriticalSectionEx(), RtlInitializeCriticalSection(), RtlInitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount(3w), RtlDeleteCriticalSection(), RtlEnterCriticalSection(3w), RtlLeaveCriticalSection(), RtlTryEnterCriticalSection(3w)

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winternl.h".

Implemented in "dlls/ntdll/critsection.c".

Debug channel "ntdll".

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