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54.Dd January 30, 2003
55.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCKATTR 3
56.Os
57.Sh NAME
58.Nm pthread_rwlockattr_init ,
59.Nm pthread_rwlockattr_destroy
60.Nd initialize or destroy read/write lock attributes
61.Sh LIBRARY
62.Lb libpthread
63.Sh SYNOPSIS
64.In pthread.h
65.Ft int
66.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init "pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr"
67.Ft int
68.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_destroy "pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr"
69.Sh DESCRIPTION
70The
71.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
72function is used to initialize a read/write lock attributes object.
73.Pp
74The
75.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_destroy
76function is used to destroy a read/write lock attribute object
77previously created with
78.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init .
79.Sh RETURN VALUES
80If successful, the
81.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
82and
83.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_destroy
84functions return zero.  Otherwise an error number will be returned
85to indicate the error.
86.Sh ERRORS
87.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
88shall fail if:
89.Bl -tag -width Er
90.It Bq Er ENOMEM
91Insufficent memory exists to initialize the read/write lock attributes object.
92.El
93.Pp
94.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
95and
96.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_destroy
97may fail if:
98.Bl -tag -width Er
99.It Bq Er EINVAL
100The value specified by
101.Fa attr
102is invalid.
103.El
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3
106.Sh STANDARDS
107The
108.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
109and
110.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_destroy
111functions conform to
112.St -p1003.1-96 .
113