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PTHREAD_RWLOCK_DESTRO... BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_RWLOCK_DESTRO...

NAME
     pthread_rwlock_destroy -- destroy a read/write lock

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_rwlock_destroy(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function is used to destroy a read/write lock previously created with
     pthread_rwlock_init().

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, the pthread_rwlock_destroy() function will return zero.  Otherwise, an error number will
     be returned to indicate the error.

SEE ALSO
     pthread_rwlock_init(3)

STANDARDS
     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function is expected to conform to Version 2 of the Single UNIX
     Specification (``SUSv2'').

ERRORS
     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function will fail if:

     [EPERM]            The caller does not have the privilege to perform the operation.

     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function may fail if:

     [EBUSY]            The system has detected an attempt to destroy the object referenced by rwlock while
                        it is locked.

     [EINVAL]           The value specified by rwlock is invalid.

HISTORY
     The pthread_rwlock_destroy() function first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

BSD                             August 4, 1998                             BSD