pthread_mutex_trylock(3p)

pthread_mutex_trylock3p

Lock and unlock a mutex

Usage

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_mutex_trylock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex); int pthread_mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);

Prolog

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Overview

Refer to pthread_mutex_lock().

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.