synchapi.h header
This header is used by System Services. For more information, see:
synchapi.h contains the following programming interfaces:
Functions
| AcquireSRWLockExclusive Acquires a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock in exclusive mode. |
| AcquireSRWLockShared Acquires a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock in shared mode. |
| CancelWaitableTimer Sets the specified waitable timer to the inactive state. |
| CreateEventA Creates or opens a named or unnamed event object. (ANSI) |
| CreateEventExA Creates or opens a named or unnamed event object and returns a handle to the object. (ANSI) |
| CreateEventExW Creates or opens a named or unnamed event object and returns a handle to the object. (Unicode) |
| CreateEventW Creates or opens a named or unnamed event object. (Unicode) |
| CreateMutexA Creates or opens a named or unnamed mutex object. (ANSI) |
| CreateMutexExA Creates or opens a named or unnamed mutex object and returns a handle to the object. (ANSI) |
| CreateMutexExW Creates or opens a named or unnamed mutex object and returns a handle to the object. (Unicode) |
| CreateMutexW Creates or opens a named or unnamed mutex object. (Unicode) |
| CreateSemaphoreExW Creates or opens a named or unnamed semaphore object and returns a handle to the object. (CreateSemaphoreExW) |
| CreateSemaphoreW Creates or opens a named or unnamed semaphore object. (CreateSemaphoreW) |
| CreateWaitableTimerExW Creates or opens a waitable timer object and returns a handle to the object. |
| CreateWaitableTimerW Creates or opens a waitable timer object. |
| DeleteCriticalSection Releases all resources used by an unowned critical section object. |
| DeleteSynchronizationBarrier Deletes a synchronization barrier. |
| EnterCriticalSection Waits for ownership of the specified critical section object. The function returns when the calling thread is granted ownership. |
| EnterSynchronizationBarrier Causes the calling thread to wait at a synchronization barrier until the maximum number of threads have entered the barrier. |
| InitializeConditionVariable Initializes a condition variable. |
| InitializeCriticalSection Initializes a critical section object. |
| InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount Initializes a critical section object and sets the spin count for the critical section. |
| InitializeCriticalSectionEx Initializes a critical section object with a spin count and optional flags. |
| InitializeSRWLock Initialize a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock. |
| InitializeSynchronizationBarrier Initializes a new synchronization barrier. |
| InitOnceBeginInitialize Begins one-time initialization. |
| InitOnceComplete Completes one-time initialization started with the InitOnceBeginInitialize function. |
| InitOnceExecuteOnce Executes the specified function successfully one time. No other threads that specify the same one-time initialization structure can execute the specified function while it is being executed by the current thread. |
| InitOnceInitialize Initializes a one-time initialization structure. |
| LeaveCriticalSection Releases ownership of the specified critical section object. |
| OpenEventA Opens an existing named event object. (ANSI) |
| OpenEventW Opens an existing named event object. (Unicode) |
| OpenMutexW Opens an existing named mutex object. |
| OpenSemaphoreW Opens an existing named semaphore object. |
| OpenWaitableTimerW Opens an existing named waitable timer object. |
| ReleaseMutex Releases ownership of the specified mutex object. |
| ReleaseSemaphore Increases the count of the specified semaphore object by a specified amount. |
| ReleaseSRWLockExclusive Releases a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock that was acquired in exclusive mode. |
| ReleaseSRWLockShared Releases a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock that was acquired in shared mode. |
| ResetEvent Sets the specified event object to the nonsignaled state. |
| SetCriticalSectionSpinCount Sets the spin count for the specified critical section. |
| SetEvent Sets the specified event object to the signaled state. |
| SetWaitableTimer Activates the specified waitable timer. When the due time arrives, the timer is signaled and the thread that set the timer calls the optional completion routine. |
| SetWaitableTimerEx Activates the specified waitable timer and provides context information for the timer. When the due time arrives, the timer is signaled and the thread that set the timer calls the optional completion routine. |
| SignalObjectAndWait Signals one object and waits on another object as a single operation. |
| Sleep Suspends the execution of the current thread until the time-out interval elapses. |
| SleepConditionVariableCS Sleeps on the specified condition variable and releases the specified critical section as an atomic operation. |
| SleepConditionVariableSRW Sleeps on the specified condition variable and releases the specified lock as an atomic operation. |
| SleepEx Suspends the current thread until the specified condition is met. |
| TryAcquireSRWLockExclusive Attempts to acquire a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock in exclusive mode. If the call is successful, the calling thread takes ownership of the lock. |
| TryAcquireSRWLockShared Attempts to acquire a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock in shared mode. If the call is successful, the calling thread takes ownership of the lock. |
| TryEnterCriticalSection Attempts to enter a critical section without blocking. If the call is successful, the calling thread takes ownership of the critical section. |
| WaitForMultipleObjects Waits until one or all of the specified objects are in the signaled state or the time-out interval elapses. |
| WaitForMultipleObjectsEx Waits until one or all of the specified objects are in the signaled state, an I/O completion routine or asynchronous procedure call (APC) is queued to the thread, or the time-out interval elapses. |
| WaitForSingleObject Waits until the specified object is in the signaled state or the time-out interval elapses. |
| WaitForSingleObjectEx Waits until the specified object is in the signaled state, an I/O completion routine or asynchronous procedure call (APC) is queued to the thread, or the time-out interval elapses. |
| WaitOnAddress Waits for the value at the specified address to change. |
| WakeAllConditionVariable Wake all threads waiting on the specified condition variable. |
| WakeByAddressAll Wakes all threads that are waiting for the value of an address to change. |
| WakeByAddressSingle Wakes one thread that is waiting for the value of an address to change. |
| WakeConditionVariable Wake a single thread waiting on the specified condition variable. |
Callback functions
| PINIT_ONCE_FN An application-defined callback function. Specify a pointer to this function when calling the InitOnceExecuteOnce function. |
| PTIMERAPCROUTINE An application-defined timer completion routine. Specify this address when calling the SetWaitableTimer function. |