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