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28.Dd August 7, 2019
29.Dt PTHREAD_MUTEX_TRYLOCK 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pthread_mutex_trylock
33.Nd attempt to lock a mutex without blocking
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libpthread
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In pthread.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn pthread_mutex_trylock "pthread_mutex_t *mutex"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn pthread_mutex_trylock
43function locks
44.Fa mutex .
45If the mutex is already locked,
46.Fn pthread_mutex_trylock
47will not block waiting for the mutex, but will return an error condition.
48.Sh RETURN VALUES
49If successful,
50.Fn pthread_mutex_trylock
51will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to
52indicate the error.
53.Sh ERRORS
54The
55.Fn pthread_mutex_trylock
56function will fail if:
57.Bl -tag -width "Er ENOTRECOVERABLE"
58.It Bq Er EINVAL
59The value specified by
60.Fa mutex
61is invalid.
62.It Bq Er EBUSY
63.Fa Mutex
64is already locked.
65.It Bq Er EOWNERDEAD
66The argument
67.Fa mutex
68points to a robust mutex and the process containing the previous owning
69thread terminated while holding the mutex lock.
70The lock was granted to the caller and it is up to the new owner
71to make the state consistent.
72.It Bq Er ENOTRECOVERABLE
73The state protected by the
74.Fa mutex
75is not recoverable.
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr pthread_mutex_consistent 3 ,
79.Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3 ,
80.Xr pthread_mutex_init 3 ,
81.Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3 ,
82.Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn pthread_mutex_trylock
86function conforms to
87.St -p1003.1-96 .
88