PTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT(3) |
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PTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT(3) |
NAME
pthread_mutex_init —
create a mutex
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#include < pthread.h>
int
pthread_mutex_init( pthread_mutex_t *mutex, const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr);
DESCRIPTION
The
pthread_mutex_init() function creates a new mutex, with attributes specified with
attr. If
attr is NULL the default attributes are used.
RETURN VALUES
If successful,
pthread_mutex_init() will return zero and put the new mutex id into
mutex, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The
pthread_mutex_init() function will fail if:
-
[
EINVAL]
-
The value specified by
attr is invalid.
-
[
ENOMEM]
-
The process cannot allocate enough memory to create another mutex.
STANDARDS
The
pthread_mutex_init() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”).