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PTHREAD_..._DESTROY(3P) POSIX Programmer's ManualPTHREAD_..._DESTROY(3P)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.
pthread_rwlockattr_destroy, pthread_rwlockattr_init — destroy and initialize the read-write lock attributes object
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_rwlockattr_destroy(pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr); int pthread_rwlockattr_init(pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr);
Thepthread_rwlockattr_destroy() function shall destroy a read- write lock attributes object. A destroyedattr attributes object can be reinitialized usingpthread_rwlockattr_init(); the results of otherwise referencing the object after it has been destroyed are undefined. An implementation may causepthread_rwlockattr_destroy() to set the object referenced byattr to an invalid value. Thepthread_rwlockattr_init() function shall initialize a read- write lock attributes objectattr with the default value for all of the attributes defined by the implementation. Results are undefined ifpthread_rwlockattr_init() is called specifying an already initializedattr attributes object. After a read-write lock attributes object has been used to initialize one or more read-write locks, any function affecting the attributes object (including destruction) shall not affect any previously initialized read-write locks. The behavior is undefined if the value specified by theattr argument topthread_rwlockattr_destroy() does not refer to an initialized read-write lock attributes object.
If successful, thepthread_rwlockattr_destroy() andpthread_rwlockattr_init() functions shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.
Thepthread_rwlockattr_init() function shall fail if:ENOMEMInsufficient memory exists to initialize the read-write lock attributes object. These functions shall not return an error code of[EINTR].The following sections are informative.
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If an implementation detects that the value specified by theattr argument topthread_rwlockattr_destroy() does not refer to an initialized read-write lock attributes object, it is recommended that the function should fail and report an[EINVAL]error.
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pthread_rwlock_destroy(3p),pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,pthread.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online athttp://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, seehttps://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .IEEE/The Open Group 2017PTHREAD_..._DESTROY(3P)Pages that refer to this page:pthread.h(0p), pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared(3p), pthread_rwlockattr_init(3p)
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