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'') .