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pthread_rwlock_unlock()

Unlock a read-write lock

Synopsis:

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_rwlock_unlock( pthread_rwlock_t* rwl );

Arguments:

rwl: A pointer to a pthread_rwlock_t object that you want to unlock.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

The pthread_rwlock_unlock() function unlocks a read-write lock referenced by rwl. The read-write lock may become available for any threads that were blocked on the read-write lock, depending on whether the read-write lock had been locked in exclusive or shared mode.

The read-write lock should be owned by the calling thread. If the calling thread doesn't hold the lock, no error status is returned, and the behavior of this read-write lock is now undefined.

Returns:

EOK: Success.
EAGAIN: On the first use of a statically initialized read-write lock, insufficient system resources existed to initialize the read-write lock.
EFAULT: A fault occurred when the kernel tried to access rwl.
EINVAL: The read-write lock rwl is invalid.
EPERM: No thread has a read or write lock on rwl or the calling thread doesn't have a write lock on rwl.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1 THR

Safety:
Cancellation point	No
Interrupt handler	No
Signal handler	Yes
Thread	Yes