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27.Dd August 4, 1998
28.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_UNLOCK 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_rwlock_unlock
32.Nd release a read/write lock
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In pthread.h
35.Ft int
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36.Fo pthread_rwlock_unlock
37.Fa "pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock"
38.Fc
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39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
42function is used to release the read/write lock previously obtained by
43.Fn pthread_rwlock_rdlock ,
44.Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock ,
45.Fn pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock ,
46or
47.Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock .
48.Sh RETURN VALUES
49If successful, the
50.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
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51function will return zero.
52Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
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53.Pp
54The results are undefined if
224c7076 55.Fa rwlock
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56is not held by the calling thread.
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr pthread_rwlock_rdlock 3 ,
59.Xr pthread_rwlock_wrlock 3
60.Sh STANDARDS
61The
62.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
63function is expected to conform to
64.St -susv2 .
65.Sh ERRORS
66The
67.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
68function may fail if:
69.Bl -tag -width Er
70.It Bq Er EINVAL
71The value specified by
224c7076 72.Fa rwlock
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73is invalid.
74.It Bq Er EPERM
75The current thread does not own the read/write lock.
76.El
77.Sh HISTORY
78The
79.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
80function first appeared in
81.Fx 3.0 .