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
pthread_mutex_destroy() will fail if:
- [
EINVAL] - The value specified by mutex is invalid.
- [
EBUSY] - mutex is locked or referenced by another thread.
SEE ALSO
pthread_mutex_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3)
STANDARDS
pthread_mutex_destroy() conforms to
ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”).