1PTHREAD_RWLOCK_TRYWRLOCK(3P)POSIX Programmer's ManuaPlTHREAD_RWLOCK_TRYWRLOCK(3P)
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PROLOG

6       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
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8       Linux  manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
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NAME

13       pthread_rwlock_trywrlock, pthread_rwlock_wrlock  —  lock  a  read-write
14       lock object for writing
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SYNOPSIS

17       #include <pthread.h>
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19       int pthread_rwlock_trywrlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock);
20       int pthread_rwlock_wrlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock);
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DESCRIPTION

23       The  pthread_rwlock_trywrlock()  function shall apply a write lock like
24       the pthread_rwlock_wrlock() function, with the exception that the func‐
25       tion  shall  fail  if any thread currently holds rwlock (for reading or
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28       The pthread_rwlock_wrlock() function shall apply a write  lock  to  the
29       read-write  lock referenced by rwlock.  The calling thread acquires the
30       write lock if no other thread (reader or writer) holds  the  read-write
31       lock  rwlock.   Otherwise,  the thread shall block until it can acquire
32       the lock. The calling thread may deadlock if at the time  the  call  is
33       made it holds the read-write lock (whether a read or write lock).
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35       Implementations  may favor writers over readers to avoid writer starva‐
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38       Results are undefined if any of these  functions  are  called  with  an
39       uninitialized read-write lock.
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41       If  a signal is delivered to a thread waiting for a read-write lock for
42       writing, upon return from the signal handler the thread resumes waiting
43       for the read-write lock for writing as if it was not interrupted.
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RETURN VALUE

46       The  pthread_rwlock_trywrlock()  function shall return zero if the lock
47       for writing on the read-write  lock  object  referenced  by  rwlock  is
48       acquired.  Otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the
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51       If successful, the pthread_rwlock_wrlock() function shall return  zero;
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ERRORS

55       The pthread_rwlock_trywrlock() function shall fail if:
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57       EBUSY  The read-write lock could not be acquired for writing because it
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60       The pthread_rwlock_wrlock() function may fail if:
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63              A deadlock condition was detected or the current thread  already
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66       These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR].
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68       The following sections are informative.
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EXAMPLES

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APPLICATION USAGE

74       Applications  using  these  functions may be subject to priority inver‐
75       sion, as discussed in the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Sec‐
76       tion 3.287, Priority Inversion.
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RATIONALE

79       If  an  implementation  detects  that the value specified by the rwlock
80       argument to pthread_rwlock_trywrlock() or pthread_rwlock_wrlock()  does
81       not  refer  to an initialized read-write lock object, it is recommended
82       that the function should fail and report an [EINVAL] error.
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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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SEE ALSO

88       pthread_rwlock_destroy(), pthread_rwlock_rdlock(), pthread_rwlock_time‐
89       drdlock(), pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock(), pthread_rwlock_unlock()
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91       The  Base  Definitions  volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 3.287, Priority
92       Inversion, Section 4.11, Memory Synchronization, <pthread.h>
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95       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in  electronic  form
96       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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