pthread_mutex

Name

pthread_mutex_init
- create a mutex

Library

libpthread.lib

Synopsis

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_mutex_init (pthread_mutex_t *mutex, const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr);

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.

Detailed description

The pthread_mutex_init function creates a new mutex, with attributes specified with attr. If attr is NULL the default attributes are used.

Examples

pthread_mutexattr_t mta;
 int rc;
 /* Initialize a mutex attributes object */
 if((rc=pthread_mutexattr_init(&mta)) != 0) {
  fprintf(stderr,"Error at pthread_mutexattr_init(), rc=%d\n",rc);
  return -1;
 }

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.

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