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CriticalSection::TryLock Method

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Attempts to enter a critical section without blocking. If the call is successful, the calling thread takes ownership of the critical section.

SyncLock TryLock();

static SyncLock TryLock(
   _In_ CRITICAL_SECTION* cs
);

Parameters

  • cs
    A user-specified critical section object.

Return Value

A nonzero value if the critical section is successfully entered or the current thread already owns the critical section. Zero if another thread already owns the critical section.

Remarks

The first TryLock function affects the current critical section object. The second TryLock function affects a user-specified critical section.

Requirements

Header: corewrappers.h

Namespace: Microsoft::WRL::Wrappers

See Also

Reference

CriticalSection Class