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27.Dd August 4, 1998
28.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INIT 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_rwlock_init
32.Nd initialize a read/write lock
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In pthread.h
35.Ft int
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36.Fo pthread_rwlock_init
37.Fa "pthread_rwlock_t *restrict rwlock"
38.Fa "const pthread_rwlockattr_t *restrict attr"
39.Fc
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40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
43function is used to initialize a read/write lock, with attributes
44specified by
45.Fa attr .
46If
47.Fa attr
48is NULL, the default read/write lock attributes are used.
49.Pp
50The results of calling
51.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
52with an already initialized lock are undefined.
53.Sh RETURN VALUES
54If successful, the
55.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
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56function will return zero.
57Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
5b2abdfb 58.Sh SEE ALSO
224c7076 59.Xr pthread_rwlock_destroy 3 ,
5b2abdfb 60.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_init 3 ,
224c7076 61.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared 3
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62.Sh STANDARDS
63The
64.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
65function is expected to conform to
66.St -susv2 .
67.Sh ERRORS
68The
69.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
70function will fail if:
71.Bl -tag -width Er
72.It Bq Er EAGAIN
73The system lacked the necessary resources (other than memory) to
74initialize the lock.
75.It Bq Er ENOMEM
76Insufficient memory exists to initialize the lock.
77.It Bq Er EPERM
78The caller does not have sufficient privilege to perform the
79operation.
80.El
81.Pp
82The
83.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
84function may fail if:
85.Bl -tag -width Er
86.It Bq Er EBUSY
87The system has detected an attempt to re-initialize the object
88referenced by
224c7076 89.Fa rwlock ,
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90a previously initialized but not yet destroyed read/write lock.
91.It Bq Er EINVAL
92The value specified by
93.Fa attr
94is invalid.
95.El
96.Sh HISTORY
97The
98.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
99function first appeared in
100.Fx 3.0 .
101.Sh BUGS
102The PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED attribute is not supported.