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27.Dd August 17, 2018
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In pthread.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock "pthread_rwlock_t *restrict rwlock" "const struct timespec *restrict abs_timeout"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40This function acquires a write lock on the read-write lock
41.Fa rwlock .
42However, if the lock cannot be
43acquired without waiting for another thread to
44unlock the lock,
45this wait shall be terminated when
46.Fa abs_timeout
47expires.
48.Pp
49If the thread should be interrupted by a signal,
50the
51.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
52function will be automatically restarted after the thread returns from
53the signal handler.
54.Pp
55The calling thread may deadlock if
56at the time the call is made it holds
57.Fa rwlock .
58The results are undefined if this function is called with
59an uninitialized read-write lock.
60.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
61To prevent writer starvation, writers are favored over readers.
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63If successful, the
64.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
65function will return zero.
66Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
67.Pp
68This function shall not return an error code of
69.Er EINTR .
70.Sh ERRORS
71The
72.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
73function shall fail if:
74.Bl -tag -width Er
75.It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT
76The lock could not be acquired before the specified timeout expired.
77.El
78.Pp
79The
80.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
81function may fail if:
82.Bl -tag -width Er
83.It Bq Er EDEADLK
84The calling thread already holds
85.Fa rwlock .
86.It Bq Er EINVAL
87The value specified by
88.Fa rwlock
89does not refer to an initialized read-write lock object,
90or the
91.Fa abs_timeout
92nanosecond value is less than zero or
93greater than or equal to 1 billion.
94.El
95.Sh SEE ALSO
96.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3 ,
97.Xr pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock 3 ,
98.Xr pthread_rwlock_unlock 3
99.Sh STANDARDS
100The
101.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
102function is expected to conform to
103.St -p1003.1-96 .
104.Sh HISTORY
105The
106.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
107function first appeared in
108.Fx 5.2 .
109