PTHREAD_RWLOCK_DESTROY(3)				   BSD Library Functions Manual 				 PTHREAD_RWLOCK_DESTROY(3)

NAME

     pthread_rwlock_destroy -- destroy a read/write lock

LIBRARY

     POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_rwlock_destroy(pthread_rwlock_t *lock);

DESCRIPTION

     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function is used to destroy a read/write lock previously created with pthread_rwlock_init().

RETURN VALUES

     If successful, the pthread_rwlock_destroy() function will return zero.  Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function will fail if:

     [EPERM]		The caller does not have the privilege to perform the operation.

     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function may fail if:

     [EBUSY]		The system has detected an attempt to destroy the object referenced by lock while it is locked.

     [EINVAL]		The value specified by lock is invalid.

SEE ALSO

     pthread_rwlock_init(3)

STANDARDS

     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function is expected to conform to Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv2'').

HISTORY

     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

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								  August 4, 1998							       BSD