PTHREAD_MUTEX_DESTROY(3) |
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PTHREAD_MUTEX_DESTROY(3) |
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.
STANDARDS
The
pthread_mutex_destroy() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”).