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.Dd July 29, 1998
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.Dt PTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT 3
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pthread_mutex_init
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.Nd create a mutex
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <pthread.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn pthread_mutex_init "pthread_mutex_t *mutex" "const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn pthread_mutex_init
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function creates a new mutex, with attributes specified with
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.Fa attr .
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If
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.Fa attr
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is NULL the default attributes are used.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful,
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.Fn pthread_mutex_init
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will return zero and put the new mutex id into
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.Fa mutex ,
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otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn pthread_mutex_init
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The value specified by
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.Fa attr
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is invalid.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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The process cannot allocate enough memory to create another mutex.
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.It Bq Er EAGAIN
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The temporarily lacks the resources to create another mutex.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3 ,
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.Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3 ,
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.Xr pthread_mutex_trylock 3 ,
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.Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.Fn pthread_mutex_init
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conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1 ANSI/IEEE
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.Pq Dq Tn POSIX
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Std 1003.1 Second Edition 1996-07-12.
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