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pthread_rwlock_destroy – destroy a read/write lock

LIBRARY SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUES ERRORS SEE ALSO STANDARDS HISTORY

POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

#include <pthread.h>

int
pthread_rwlock_destroy(pthread_rwlock_t *lock);

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

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

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.

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

The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0 .