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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 LIBRARY
34.Lb libc_r
35.Lb libpthread
36.Lb libthr
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In pthread.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn pthread_rwlock_init "pthread_rwlock_t *lock" "const pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
44function is used to initialize a read/write lock, with attributes
45specified by
46.Fa attr .
47If
48.Fa attr
49is NULL, the default read/write lock attributes are used.
50.Pp
51The results of calling
52.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
53with an already initialized lock are undefined.
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55If successful, the
56.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
57function will return zero.
58Otherwise an error number will be returned
59to indicate the error.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_init 3 ,
62.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared 3 ,
63.Xr pthread_rwlock_destroy 3
64.Sh STANDARDS
65The
66.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
67function is expected to conform to
68.St -susv2 .
69.Sh ERRORS
70The
71.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
72function will fail if:
73.Bl -tag -width Er
74.It Bq Er EAGAIN
75The system lacked the necessary resources (other than memory) to
76initialize the lock.
77.It Bq Er ENOMEM
78Insufficient memory exists to initialize the lock.
79.It Bq Er EPERM
80The caller does not have sufficient privilege to perform the
81operation.
82.El
83.Pp
84The
85.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
86function may fail if:
87.Bl -tag -width Er
88.It Bq Er EBUSY
89The system has detected an attempt to re-initialize the object
90referenced by
91.Fa lock ,
92a previously initialized but not yet destroyed read/write lock.
93.It Bq Er EINVAL
94The value specified by
95.Fa attr
96is invalid.
97.El
98.Sh HISTORY
99The
100.Fn pthread_rwlock_init
101function first appeared in
102.Fx 3.0 .
103.Sh BUGS
104The PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED attribute is not supported.
105