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diff --git a/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_mutex_init.3 b/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_mutex_init.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5136eef --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_mutex_init.3 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Brian Cully <shmit@kublai.com> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JOHN BIRRELL AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd July 29, 1998 +.Dt PTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT 3 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm pthread_mutex_init +.Nd create a mutex +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <pthread.h> +.Ft int +.Fn pthread_mutex_init "pthread_mutex_t *mutex" "pthread_mutexattr_t *attr" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn pthread_mutex_init +function creates a new mutex, with attributes specified with +.Fa attr . +If +.Fa attr +is NULL the default attributes are used. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If successful, +.Fn pthread_mutex_init +will return zero and put the new mutex id into +.Fa mutex , +otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn pthread_mutex_init +will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The value specified by +.Fa attr +is invalid. +.It Bq Er ENOMEM +The process cannot allocate enough memory to create another mutex. +.It Bq Er EAGAIN +The temporarily lacks the resources to create another mutex. +.El +.Pp +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3 , +.Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3 , +.Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3 , +.Xr pthread_mutex_trylock 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Fn pthread_mutex_init +is expected to conform to IEEE +.Pq Dq Tn POSIX +Std 1003.1c when it is published. |