NAME
pthread_mutex_destroy – free resources allocated for a mutex
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
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 by another thread.
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”).