omp_init_lock

Initializes a simple lock.

void omp_init_lock(
   omp_lock_t *lock
);

Parameters

• lock
  A variable of type omp_lock_t.

Remarks

For more information, see 3.2.1 omp_init_lock and omp_init_nest_lock Functions.

Example

// omp_init_lock.cpp
// compile with: /openmp
#include <stdio.h>
#include <omp.h>

omp_lock_t my_lock;

int main() {
   omp_init_lock(&my_lock);

   #pragma omp parallel num_threads(4)
   {
      int tid = omp_get_thread_num( );
      int i, j;

      for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
         omp_set_lock(&my_lock);
         printf_s("Thread %d - starting locked region\n", tid);
         printf_s("Thread %d - ending locked region\n", tid);
         omp_unset_lock(&my_lock);
      }
   }

   omp_destroy_lock(&my_lock);
}

Thread 0 - starting locked region
Thread 0 - ending locked region
Thread 0 - starting locked region
Thread 0 - ending locked region
Thread 0 - starting locked region
Thread 0 - ending locked region
Thread 0 - starting locked region
Thread 0 - ending locked region
Thread 0 - starting locked region
Thread 0 - ending locked region
Thread 1 - starting locked region
Thread 1 - ending locked region
Thread 1 - starting locked region
Thread 1 - ending locked region
Thread 1 - starting locked region
Thread 1 - ending locked region
Thread 1 - starting locked region
Thread 1 - ending locked region
Thread 1 - starting locked region
Thread 1 - ending locked region
Thread 2 - starting locked region
Thread 2 - ending locked region
Thread 2 - starting locked region
Thread 2 - ending locked region
Thread 2 - starting locked region
Thread 2 - ending locked region
Thread 2 - starting locked region
Thread 2 - ending locked region
Thread 2 - starting locked region
Thread 2 - ending locked region
Thread 3 - starting locked region
Thread 3 - ending locked region
Thread 3 - starting locked region
Thread 3 - ending locked region
Thread 3 - starting locked region
Thread 3 - ending locked region
Thread 3 - starting locked region
Thread 3 - ending locked region
Thread 3 - starting locked region
Thread 3 - ending locked region

See Also

Concepts

OpenMP Functions