PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_INIT(3)

NAME
pthread_mutexattr_init, pthread_mutexattr_destroy, pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling, pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling, pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol, pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol, pthread_mutexattr_settype, pthread_mutexattr_gettype - mutex attribute operations

SYNOPSIS
libpthread
#include <pthread.h>
int
pthread_mutexattr_init(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr);
int
pthread_mutexattr_destroy(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr);
int
pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int prioceiling);
int
pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int *prioceiling);
int
pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int protocol);
int
pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int *protocol);
int
pthread_mutexattr_settype(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int type);
int
pthread_mutexattr_gettype(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int *type);

DESCRIPTION
Mutex attributes are used to specify parameters to pthread_mutex_init(). One attribute object can be used in multiple calls to pthread_mutex_init(), with or without modifications between calls.

The pthread_mutexattr_init() function initializes attr with all the default mutex attributes.

The pthread_mutexattr_destroy() function destroys attr.

The pthread_mutexattr_set*() functions set the attribute that corresponds to each function name.

The pthread_mutexattr_get*() functions copy the value of the attribute that corresponds to each function name to the location pointed to by the second function parameter.

RETURN VALUES
If successful, these functions return 0. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
pthread_mutexattr_init() will fail if:

[ENOMEM]
    Out of memory.

pthread_mutexattr_destroy() will fail if:

[EINVAL]
    Invalid value for attr.

pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling() will fail if:

[EINVAL]
    Invalid value for attr, or invalid value for prioceiling.

pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling() will fail if:

[EINVAL]
    Invalid value for attr.

pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol() will fail if:

[EINVAL]
    Invalid value for attr, or invalid value for protocol.

pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol() will fail if:

[EINVAL]
    Invalid value for attr.

pthread_mutexattr_settype() will fail if:

[EINVAL]
    Invalid value for attr, or invalid value for type.

pthread_mutexattr_gettype() will fail if:

[EINVAL]
    Invalid value for attr.

SEE ALSO
pthread_mutex_init(3)

STANDARDS
pthread_mutexattr_init() and pthread_mutexattr_destroy() conform to p1003.1-96

pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling(), pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling(), pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol(), pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol(), pthread_mutexattr_settype(), and pthread_mutexattr_gettype() conform to susv2