NAME

pthread_mutex_destroy - free resources allocated for a mutex

LIBRARY

POSIX Thread Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS



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

pthread_mutex_destroy() may fail if:

[EBUSY]
Mutex is locked by another thread.

[EINVAL]
The value specified by mutex is invalid.

SEE ALSO

pthread_mutex_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_trylock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3)

STANDARDS

pthread_mutex_destroy() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'') .