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54 .Dt PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR 3
57 .Nm pthread_mutexattr_init ,
58 .Nm pthread_mutexattr_destroy ,
59 .\" .Nm pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling ,
60 .\" .Nm pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling ,
61 .\" .Nm pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol ,
62 .\" .Nm pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol ,
63 .Nm pthread_mutexattr_settype ,
64 .Nm pthread_mutexattr_gettype
65 .Nd mutex attribute operations
71 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_init "pthread_mutexattr_t *attr"
73 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_destroy "pthread_mutexattr_t *attr"
75 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling "pthread_mutexattr_t *attr" "int prioceiling"
77 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling "pthread_mutexattr_t *attr" "int *prioceiling"
79 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol "pthread_mutexattr_t *attr" "int protocol"
81 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol "pthread_mutexattr_t *attr" "int *protocol"
83 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_settype "pthread_mutexattr_t *attr" "int type"
85 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_gettype "pthread_mutexattr_t * restrict attr" "int * restrict type"
87 Mutex attributes are used to specify parameters to
88 .Fn pthread_mutex_init .
89 One attribute object can be used in multiple calls to
90 .Fn pthread_mutex_init ,
91 with or without modifications between calls.
94 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_init
97 with all the default mutex attributes.
100 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_destroy
105 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_settype
106 functions set the mutex type value of the attribute.
107 Valid mutex types are:
108 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL ,
109 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK ,
110 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE ,
112 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT .
113 The default mutex type for
114 .Fn pthread_mutexaddr_init
116 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT .
118 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL
119 mutexes do not check for usage errors.
120 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL
121 mutexes will deadlock if reentered, and result in undefined behavior if a
122 locked mutex is unlocked by another thread.
123 Attempts to unlock an already unlocked
124 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL
125 mutex will result in undefined behavior.
127 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK
128 mutexes do check for usage errors.
129 If an attempt is made to relock a
130 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK
131 mutex without first dropping the lock an error will be returned.
132 If a thread attempts to unlock a
133 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK
134 mutex that is locked by another thread, an error will be returned.
135 If a thread attempts to unlock a
136 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK
137 thread that is unlocked, an error will be
140 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
141 mutexes allow recursive locking.
142 An attempt to relock a
143 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
144 mutex that is already locked by the same thread succeeds.
145 An equivalent number of
146 .Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3
147 calls are needed before the mutex will wake another thread waiting
149 If a thread attempts to unlock a
150 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
151 mutex that is locked by another thread, an error will be returned.
152 If a thread attempts to unlock a
153 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
154 thread that is unlocked, an error will be returned.
156 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT
157 mutexes result in undefined behavior if reentered.
159 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT
160 mutex locked by another thread will result in undefined behavior.
161 Attempts to unlock an already unlocked
162 .Dv PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT
163 mutex will result in undefined behavior.
165 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_gettype
166 functions copy the type value of the attribute to the location
167 pointed to by the second parameter.
169 If successful, these functions return 0.
170 Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
172 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_init
176 Insufficient memory exists to initialize the mutex attributes object.
179 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_settype
183 The value specified by
188 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling
190 .\" .Bl -tag -width Er
192 .\" Invalid value for
194 .\" or invalid value for
195 .\" .Fa prioceiling .
198 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling
200 .\" .Bl -tag -width Er
202 .\" Invalid value for
206 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol
208 .\" .Bl -tag -width Er
210 .\" Invalid value for
212 .\" or invalid value for
216 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol
218 .\" .Bl -tag -width Er
220 .\" Invalid value for
225 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_destroy ,
226 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_settype ,
228 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_gettype
236 .Xr pthread_mutex_init 3
238 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_init ,
239 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_destroy ,
240 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_settype ,
241 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling ,
242 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling ,
243 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol ,
244 .\" .Fn pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol ,
246 .Fn pthread_mutexattr_gettype