NAME

pthread_rwlock_destroy - destroy a read/write lock

LIBRARY

POSIX Thread Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS



int pthread_rwlock_destroy(pthread_rwlock_t *lock)

DESCRIPTION

The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function is used to destroy a read/write lock previously created with pthread_rwlock_init().

RETURN VALUES

If successful, the pthread_rwlock_destroy() function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function may fail if:

[EBUSY]
The system has detected an attempt to destroy the object referenced by lock while it is locked.

[EINVAL]
The value specified by lock is invalid.

SEE ALSO

pthread_rwlock_init(3), pthread_rwlock_rdlock(3), pthread_rwlock_unlock(3), pthread_rwlock_wrlock(3)

STANDARDS

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