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attemptAction

Single thread a call to an action with the target work-loop.

Declaration

virtual IOReturn attemptAction(
 Action action, 
 void *arg0 = 0,
 void *arg1 = 0, 
 void *arg2 = 0,
 void *arg3 = 0);

Parameters

  • action:

    Pointer to function to be executed in work-loop context.

  • arg0:

    Parameter for action parameter, defaults to 0.

  • arg1:

    Parameter for action parameter, defaults to 0.

  • arg2:

    Parameter for action parameter, defaults to 0.

  • arg3:

    Parameter for action parameter, defaults to 0.

Return Value

kIOReturnSuccess if successful. kIOReturnBadArgument if action is not defined, kIOReturnNotPermitted if this event source is currently disabled, kIOReturnCannotLock if lock attempt fails.

Overview

Client function that causes the given action to be called in a single threaded manner. Beware the work-loop's gate is recursive and command gates can cause direct or indirect re-entrancy. When the executing on a client's thread attemptCommand will fail if the work-loop's gate is closed.

See Also

Miscellaneous