NAME

pthread_mutex_destroy — free resources allocated for a mutex

LIBRARY

POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

int
pthread_mutex_destroy(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);

DESCRIPTION

The pthread_mutex_destroy() function frees the resources allocated for mutex.

RETURN VALUES

If successful, pthread_mutex_destroy() will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The pthread_mutex_destroy() function will fail if:

[EINVAL]

The value specified by mutex is invalid.

[EBUSY]

Mutex is locked by another thread.

SEE ALSO

pthread_mutex_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_trylock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3)

STANDARDS

The pthread_mutex_destroy() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”).