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30.Dd July 28, 1998
31.Dt PTHREAD_COND_WAIT 3
32.Os BSD 4
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm pthread_cond_wait
35.Nd wait on a condition variable
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Fd #include <pthread.h>
38.Ft int
39.Fn pthread_cond_wait "pthread_cond_t *cond" "pthread_mutex_t *mutex"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn pthread_cond_wait
43function atomically blocks the current thread waiting on the condition
44variable specified by
45.Fa cond ,
46and unblocks the mutex specified by
47.Fa mutex .
48The waiting thread unblocks only after another thread calls
49.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 , or
50.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3
51with the same condition variable, and the current thread requires the lock
52on
53.Fa mutex .
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55If successful, the
56.Fn pthread_cond_wait
57function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to
58indicate the error.
59.Sh ERRORS
60.Fn pthread_cond_wait
61will fail if:
62.Bl -tag -width Er
63.It Bq Er EINVAL
64The value specified by
65.Fa cond
66or the value specified by
67.Fa mutex
68is invalid.
69.El
70.Pp
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 ,
73.Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3 ,
74.Xr pthread_cond_init 3 ,
75.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
76.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3
77.Sh STANDARDS
78.Fn pthread_cond_wait
79conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1 ANSI/IEEE
80.Pq Dq Tn POSIX
81Std 1003.1 Second Edition 1996-07-12.
82