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NAME
     pthread_rwlockattr_init -- initialize a read/write lock

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_rwlockattr_init(pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_rwlockattr_init() function is used to initialize a read/write lock attribute object.

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

SEE ALSO
     pthread_rwlock_init(3), pthread_rwlockattr_destroy(3), pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared(3),
     pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared(3)

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

ERRORS
     pthread_rwlockattr_init() will fail if:

     [ENOMEM]           Insufficient memory exists to initialize the attribute object.

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

BSD                             August 4, 1998                             BSD