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PTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT (3) | C library functions | Unix Manual Pages | :man▋
NAME
pthread_mutex_init - create a mutex
CONTENTS
Library
Synopsis
Description
Return Values
Errors
See Also
Standards
LIBRARY
.Lb libc_r
.Lb libpthread
.Lb libthr
SYNOPSIS
.In 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. | |
SEE ALSO
pthread_mutex_destroy(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_trylock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3)
STANDARDS
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