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27 .Dd August 4, 1998
28 .Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_DESTROY 3
29 .Os
30 .Sh NAME
31 .Nm pthread_rwlock_destroy
32 .Nd destroy a read/write lock
33 .Sh SYNOPSIS
34 .In pthread.h
35 .Ft int
36 .Fn pthread_rwlock_destroy "pthread_rwlock_t *lock"
37 .Sh DESCRIPTION
38 The
39 .Fn pthread_rwlock_destroy
40 function is used to destroy a read/write lock previously created with
41 .Fn pthread_rwlock_init .
42 .Sh RETURN VALUES
43 If successful, the
44 .Fn pthread_rwlock_destroy
45 function will return zero.
46 Otherwise an error number will be returned
47 to indicate the error.
48 .Sh ERRORS
49 The
50 .Fn pthread_rwlock_destroy
51 function will fail if:
52 .Bl -tag -width Er
53 .It Bq Er EPERM
54 The caller does not have the privilege to perform the operation.
55 .El
56 .Pp
57 The
58 .Fn pthread_rwlock_destroy
59 function may fail if:
60 .Bl -tag -width Er
61 .It Bq Er EBUSY
62 The system has detected an attempt to destroy the object referenced by
63 .Fa lock
64 while it is locked.
65 .It Bq Er EINVAL
66 The value specified by
67 .Fa lock
68 is invalid.
69 .El
70 .Sh SEE ALSO
71 .Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3
72 .Sh STANDARDS
73 The
74 .Fn pthread_rwlock_destroy
75 function is expected to conform to
76 .St -susv2 .
77 .Sh HISTORY
78 The
79 .Fn pthread_rwlock_destroy
80 function first appeared in
81 .Fx 3.0 .