pthread_rwlock_destroy(3)

pthread_rwlock_destroy3

Destroy a read/write lock

Usage

#include <pthread.h>

int

pthread_rwlock_destroy(pthread_rwlock_t *lock);

Overview

The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function is used to destroy a read/write lock previously created with pthread_rwlock_init().

Return values

If successful, the pthread_rwlock_destroy() function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

Errors

The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function will fail if:

[EPERM]

The caller does not have the privilege to perform the operation.

The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function may fail if:

[EBUSY]

The system has detected an attempt to destroy the object referenced by lock while it is locked.

[EINVAL]

The value specified by lock is invalid.

Releases

149 releases since Mac OS X 10.2; the text changed 2 times.

  1. 10.2–10.4.11
  2. 10.5–10.11.6
  3. 10.12–26.5

Standards

The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function is expected to conform to Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification (“SUSv2”).

History

The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

From libpthread 539.100.4 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.