// Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef CHROME_COMMON_MULTI_PROCESS_LOCK_H_ #define CHROME_COMMON_MULTI_PROCESS_LOCK_H_ #include <sys/types.h> #include <string> // Platform abstraction for a lock that can be shared between processes. // The process that owns the lock will release it on exit even if // the exit is due to a crash. Locks are not recursive. class MultiProcessLock { public: // Factory method for creating a multi-process lock. // |name| is the name of the lock. The name has special meaning on Windows // where the prefix can determine the namespace of the lock. // See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382954(v=VS.85).aspx for // details. static MultiProcessLock* Create(const std::string& name); virtual ~MultiProcessLock() { } // Try to grab ownership of the lock. virtual bool TryLock() = 0; // Release ownership of the lock. virtual void Unlock() = 0; }; #endif // CHROME_COMMON_MULTI_PROCESS_LOCK_H_