1*c8b53998Sjmc.\" $OpenBSD: pthread_mutex_init.3,v 1.14 2014/01/03 16:24:06 jmc Exp $ 282d2d131Sfgsch.\" 3a278733dSd.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Brian Cully <shmit@kublai.com> 4a278733dSd.\" All rights reserved. 5a278733dSd.\" 6a278733dSd.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7a278733dSd.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8a278733dSd.\" are met: 9a278733dSd.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10a278733dSd.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11a278733dSd.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12a278733dSd.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13a278733dSd.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14a278733dSd.\" 3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors 15a278733dSd.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16a278733dSd.\" without specific prior written permission. 17a278733dSd.\" 18a278733dSd.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JOHN BIRRELL AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19a278733dSd.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20a278733dSd.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21a278733dSd.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22a278733dSd.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23a278733dSd.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24a278733dSd.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25a278733dSd.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26a278733dSd.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27a278733dSd.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28a278733dSd.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29a278733dSd.\" 3074493c91Sd.\" $FreeBSD: pthread_mutex_init.3,v 1.6 1999/08/28 00:03:07 peter Exp $ 3174493c91Sd.\" 3228048304Stedu.Dd $Mdocdate: January 3 2014 $ 33a278733dSd.Dt PTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT 3 34c043c0f7Sd.Os 35a278733dSd.Sh NAME 36a278733dSd.Nm pthread_mutex_init 37a278733dSd.Nd create a mutex 38a278733dSd.Sh SYNOPSIS 3986f9d4cdStedu.In pthread.h 40a278733dSd.Ft int 41a278733dSd.Fn pthread_mutex_init "pthread_mutex_t *mutex" "const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr" 42a278733dSd.Sh DESCRIPTION 43a278733dSdThe 44a278733dSd.Fn pthread_mutex_init 45a278733dSdfunction creates a new mutex, with attributes specified with 46a278733dSd.Fa attr . 47a278733dSdIf 48a278733dSd.Fa attr 49096e5ce2Saaronis 50096e5ce2Saaron.Dv NULL 5128048304Steduthe default attributes are used, otherwise 5228048304Stedu.Fa attr 5328048304Stedushould be initialized by calling 5428048304Stedu.Xr pthread_mutexattr_init 3 . 5528048304Stedu.Pp 5628048304SteduA mutex may also be initialized by assignment with the macro 5728048304SteduPTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER. 58a278733dSd.Sh RETURN VALUES 59a278733dSdIf successful, 60a278733dSd.Fn pthread_mutex_init 61096e5ce2Saaronwill return zero and put the new mutex ID into 62a278733dSd.Fa mutex , 63a278733dSdotherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. 64a278733dSd.Sh ERRORS 65a278733dSd.Fn pthread_mutex_init 66a278733dSdwill fail if: 67a278733dSd.Bl -tag -width Er 68a278733dSd.It Bq Er EINVAL 69a278733dSdThe value specified by 70a278733dSd.Fa attr 71a278733dSdis invalid. 72a278733dSd.It Bq Er ENOMEM 73a278733dSdThe process cannot allocate enough memory to create another mutex. 74a278733dSd.El 75a278733dSd.Sh SEE ALSO 76a278733dSd.Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3 , 77a278733dSd.Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3 , 78*c8b53998Sjmc.Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3 , 79*c8b53998Sjmc.Xr pthread_mutexattr_init 3 80a278733dSd.Sh STANDARDS 81a278733dSd.Fn pthread_mutex_init 8282d2d131Sfgschconforms to 8382d2d131Sfgsch.St -p1003.1-96 . 84