.\" $OpenBSD: pthread_rwlock_wrlock.3,v 1.11 2019/02/13 23:54:10 mpi Exp $ .\" Copyright (c) 1998 Alex Nash .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: pthread_rwlock_wrlock.3,v 1.2 1999/08/28 00:03:10 peter Exp $ .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: February 13 2019 $ .Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_WRLOCK 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pthread_rwlock_wrlock , .Nm pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock , .Nm pthread_rwlock_trywrlock .Nd acquire a read/write lock for writing .Sh SYNOPSIS .In pthread.h .Ft int .Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock "pthread_rwlock_t *lock" .Ft int .Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock "pthread_rwlock_t *lock" "const struct timespec *abstime" .Ft int .Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock "pthread_rwlock_t *lock" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock function blocks until a write lock can be acquired against .Fa lock . .Pp The .Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock function performs the same action, but will not wait beyond .Fa abstime to obtain the lock before returning. .Pp The .Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock function performs the same action as .Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock , but does not block if the lock cannot be immediately obtained. .Pp The results are undefined if the calling thread already holds the lock at the time the call is made. .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, the .Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock , .Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock , and .Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock functions will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock function will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EBUSY The calling thread is not able to acquire the lock without blocking. .El .Pp The .Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock function will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT The time specified by .Fa abstime was reached before the lock could be obtained. .El .Pp The .Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock , .Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock , and .Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock functions may fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EDEADLK The calling thread already owns the read/write lock (for reading or writing). .It Bq Er EINVAL The value specified by .Fa lock is invalid. .It Bq Er ENOMEM Insufficient memory exists to initialize the lock (applies to statically initialized locks only). .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pthread_rwlock_unlock 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock , .Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock , and .Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock functions are expected to conform to .St -susv2 . .Sh HISTORY The .Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock function first appeared in .Fx 3.0 and .Ox 2.5 . The .Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock function first appeared in .Ox 4.8 .