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UNIX Specification. As with our standard mutexes, process shared locks are not supported at this time.
80 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
80 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Alex Nash
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd August 4, 1998
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.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_UNLOCK 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pthread_rwlock_unlock
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.Nd release a read/write lock
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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_rwlock_unlock "pthread_rwlock_t *lock"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
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function is used to release the read/write lock previously obtained by
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_rdlock ,
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock ,
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock ,
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or
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful, the
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
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function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned
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to indicate the error.
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.Pp
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The results are undefined if
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.Fa lock
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is not held by the calling thread.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pthread_rwlock_rdlock 3 ,
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.Xr pthread_rwlock_wrlock 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
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function is expected to conform to
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.St -susv2 .
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
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function may 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 lock
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is invalid.
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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The current thread does not own the read/write lock.
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock
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function first appeared in
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.Fx 3.0 .
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