NAME

pthread_rwlock_destroy — destroy a read/write lock

LIBRARY

POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

int
pthread_rwlock_destroy(pthread_rwlock_t *lock);

DESCRIPTION

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.

SEE ALSO

pthread_rwlock_init(3)

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.