shared_latch_X.sql

/*
     This file is part of demos for "Contemporary Latch Internals" seminar v.24.08.2010
     Copyright:   (c)  Andrey S. Nikolaev (Andrey.Nikolaev@rdtex.ru) RDTEX
     http://AndreyNikolaev.wordpress.com
*/
connect / as sysdba
alter session set max_dump_file_size=0;

/* 
   before 11g shared latch get function was named kslgetsl()
   in 11g - kslgetsl_w()
*/
col shared_latch_function new_value shared_latch_function

var db_v varchar2(100);

var db_comp varchar2(100);

begin dbms_utility.db_version(:db_v,:db_comp); end;

/ 

select decode(sign(replace(:db_v,'.','')-110000),1,'kslgetsl_w', 'kslgetsl') shared_latch_function
   from dual;


col laddr new_value laddr 
set echo on

SELECT addr laddr   FROM v$latch
WHERE NAME='gcs partitioned table hash';

/* get latch in exclusive mode */

oradebug setmypid
oradebug call &shared_latch_function 0x&laddr 1 4 5 16

host sleep 100
oradebug call kslfre 0x&laddr
exit