1. NAME▲

mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptible

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

int __sched mutex_lock_interruptible(struct mutex *  lock );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

lock
    the mutex to be acquired

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

Lock the mutex like mutex_lock, and return 0 if the mutex has been acquired or sleep until the mutex becomes available. If a signal arrives while waiting for the lock then this function returns -EINTR.

This function is similar to (but not equivalent to) down_interruptible.

5. AUTHOR ▲

Rusty Russell <>
    Author.

6. COPYRIGHT ▲