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27.Dd January 16, 2004
28.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_TIMEDWRLOCK 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
32.Nd "acquire a read-write lock for writing or give up after a specified period"
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libpthread
35.Lb libthr
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In pthread.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock "pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock" "const struct timespec *abs_timeout"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41This function acquires a write lock on the read-write lock
42.Fa rwlock .
43However, if the lock cannot be
44acquired without waiting for another thread to
45unlock the lock,
46this wait shall be terminated when
47.Fa abs_timeout
48expires.
49.Pp
50If the thread should be interrupted by a signal,
51the
52.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
53function will be automatically restarted after the thread returns from
54the signal handler.
55.Pp
56The calling thread may deadlock if
57at the time the call is made it holds
58.Fa rwlock .
59The results are undefined if this function is called with
60an uninitialized read-write lock.
61.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
62To prevent writer starvation, writers are favored over readers.
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64If successful, the
65.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
66function will return zero.
67Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
68.Pp
69This function shall not return an error code of
70.Er EINTR .
71.Sh ERRORS
72The
73.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
74function shall fail if:
75.Bl -tag -width Er
76.It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT
77The lock could not be acquired before the specified timeout expired.
78.El
79.Pp
80The
81.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedrwlock
82function may fail if:
83.Bl -tag -width Er
84.It Bq Er EDEADLK
85The calling thread already holds
86.Fa rwlock .
87.It Bq Er EINVAL
88The value specified by
89.Fa rwlock
90does not refer to an initialized read-write lock object,
91or the
92.Fa abs_timeout
93nanosecond value is less than zero or
94greater than or equal to 1 billion.
95.El
96.Sh SEE ALSO
97.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3 ,
98.Xr pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock 3 ,
99.Xr pthread_rwlock_unlock 3
100.Sh STANDARDS
101The
102.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
103function is expected to conform to
104.St -p1003.1-96 .
105.Sh HISTORY
106The
107.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
108function first appeared in
109.Fx 5.2 .
110