BloombergLP::bslmt::Latch::countDown

Decrement the event count by numEvents and release waiters if 0.

Synopsis

Declared in <bslmt_latch.h>

void
countDown(int numEvents);

Description

Decrement the number of events that this latch is waiting for by the specified numEvents, and if the resulting number of events is 0 release any waiting threads. The behavior is undefined unless numEvents > 0 and the sum of all events that have arrived at this latch does not exceed the count with which it was initialized. Note that the initial count of events is supplied at construction.

Parameters

NameDescription
numEventsnumber of events by which to decrement the count