NAME
pthread_mutex_destroy
—
free resources allocated for a
mutex
SYNOPSIS
#include
<pthread.h>
int
pthread_mutex_destroy
(pthread_mutex_t
*mutex);
DESCRIPTION
The
pthread_mutex_destroy
()
function frees the resources allocated for mutex.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_mutex_destroy
()
will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the
error.
ERRORS
The pthread_mutex_destroy
() function will
fail if:
- [
EINVAL
] - The value specified by mutex is invalid.
- [
EBUSY
] - Mutex is locked.
SEE ALSO
pthread_mutex_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_trylock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3)
STANDARDS
The pthread_mutex_destroy
() function
conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996
(“POSIX.1”).