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29 .Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INIT 3
32 .Nm pthread_rwlock_init
33 .Nd initialize a read/write lock
39 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init "pthread_rwlock_t *lock" "const pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr"
42 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init
43 function is used to initialize a read/write lock, with attributes
48 is NULL, the default read/write lock attributes are used.
50 The results of calling
51 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init
52 with an already initialized lock are undefined.
55 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init
56 function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned
57 to indicate the error.
60 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init
61 function will fail if:
64 The system lacked the necessary resources (other than memory) to
67 Insufficient memory exists to initialize the lock.
69 The caller does not have sufficient privilege to perform the
74 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init
78 The system has detected an attempt to re-initialize the object
81 a previously initialized but not yet destroyed read/write lock.
83 The value specified by
88 .Xr pthread_rwlockattr_init 3 ,
89 .Xr pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared 3 ,
90 .Xr pthread_rwlock_destroy 3
93 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init
94 function is expected to conform to
98 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init
99 function first appeared in
102 The PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED attribute is not supported.