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NAME

6       pthread_mutex_consistent - make a robust mutex consistent
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <pthread.h>
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11       int pthread_mutex_consistent(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
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13       Compile and link with -pthread.
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15   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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17       pthread_mutex_consistent():
18           _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
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DESCRIPTION

21       This  function makes a robust mutex consistent if it is in an inconsis‐
22       tent state.  A mutex can be left in an inconsistent state if its  owner
23       terminates  while  holding  the mutex, in which case the next owner who
24       acquires the mutex will succeed and be notified by a  return  value  of
25       EOWNERDEAD from a call to pthread_mutex_lock().
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RETURN VALUE

28       On   success,  pthread_mutex_consistent()  returns  0.   Otherwise,  it
29       returns a positive error number to indicate the cause of the error.
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ERRORS

32       EINVAL The mutex is either not robust or  is  not  in  an  inconsistent
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VERSIONS

36       pthread_mutex_consistent() was added to glibc in version 2.12.
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CONFORMING TO

39       POSIX.1-2008.
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NOTES

42       pthread_mutex_consistent()  simply  informs the implementation that the
43       state (shared data) guarded by the mutex has been restored to a consis‐
44       tent  state  and  that  normal operations can now be performed with the
45       mutex.  It is the  application's  responsibility  to  ensure  that  the
46       shared  data  has  been  restored  to a consistent state before calling
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49       Before the  addition  of  pthread_mutex_consistent()  to  POSIX,  glibc
50       defined  the  following  equivalent nonstandard function if _GNU_SOURCE
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53       int pthread_mutex_consistent(const pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
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55       This GNU-specific API, which first appeared in glibc 2.4,  is  nowadays
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EXAMPLE

59       See pthread_mutexattr_setrobust(3).
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SEE ALSO

62       pthread_mutexattr_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3),
63       pthread_mutexattr_setrobust(3), pthread_mutexattr_getrobust(3),
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COLOPHON

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