open-vault/helper/locksutil/locks.go
2016-08-30 16:36:58 -04:00

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Go

package locksutil
import (
"fmt"
"sync"
)
// Takes in a map, indexed by string and creates new 'sync.RWMutex' items.
// This utility creates 'count' number of mutexes (with a cap of 256) and
// places them in the map. The indices will be 2 character hexadecimal
// string values from 0 to count.
func CreateLocks(p map[string]*sync.RWMutex, count int64) error {
// Since the indices of the map entries are based on 2 character
// hex values, this utility can only create upto 256 locks.
if count <= 0 || count > 256 {
return fmt.Errorf("invalid count: %d", count)
}
if p == nil {
return fmt.Errorf("map of locks is not initialized")
}
for i := int64(0); i < count; i++ {
p[fmt.Sprintf("%02x", i)] = &sync.RWMutex{}
}
return nil
}