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27.Dd August 4, 1998
28.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCKATTR_INIT 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_rwlockattr_init
32.Nd initialize a read/write lock
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libpthread
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In pthread.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init "pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
42function is used to initialize a read/write lock attributes object.
43.Sh RETURN VALUES
44If successful, the
45.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
46function will return zero.
47Otherwise an error number will be returned
48to indicate the error.
49.Sh ERRORS
50The
51.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
52function will fail if:
53.Bl -tag -width Er
54.It Bq Er ENOMEM
55Insufficient memory exists to initialize the attribute object.
56.El
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_destroy 3 ,
59.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared 3 ,
60.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared 3 ,
61.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3
62.Sh STANDARDS
63The
64.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
65function is expected to conform to
66.St -susv2 .
67.Sh HISTORY
68The
69.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
70function first appeared in
71.Fx 3.0 .
72