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PTHREADMUTEXLOCK(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual PTHREADMUTEXLOCK(3P)

PROLOG top

   This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
   Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
   corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
   the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME top

   pthread_mutex_lock, pthread_mutex_trylock, pthread_mutex_unlock —
   lock and unlock a mutex

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <pthread.h>

   int pthread_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t *_mutex_);
   int pthread_mutex_trylock(pthread_mutex_t *_mutex_);
   int pthread_mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *_mutex_);

DESCRIPTION top

   The mutex object referenced by _mutex_ shall be locked by a call to
   _pthreadmutexlock_() that returns zero or **[EOWNERDEAD]**.  If the
   mutex is already locked by another thread, the calling thread
   shall block until the mutex becomes available. This operation
   shall return with the mutex object referenced by _mutex_ in the
   locked state with the calling thread as its owner. If a thread
   attempts to relock a mutex that it has already locked,
   _pthreadmutexlock_() shall behave as described in the **Relock**
   column of the following table. If a thread attempts to unlock a
   mutex that it has not locked or a mutex which is unlocked,
   _pthreadmutexunlock_() shall behave as described in the **Unlock**
   **When Not Owner** column of the following table.
  ┌────────────┬────────────┬────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
  │ **Mutex Type** │ **Robustness** │     **Relock** │ **Unlock When Not Owner** │
  ├────────────┼────────────┼────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
  │ NORMAL     │ non-robust │ deadlock       │ undefined behavior    │
  ├────────────┼────────────┼────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
  │ NORMAL     │ robust     │ deadlock       │ error returned        │
  ├────────────┼────────────┼────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
  │ ERRORCHECK │ either     │ error returned │ error returned        │
  ├────────────┼────────────┼────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
  │ RECURSIVE  │ either     │ recursive      │ error returned        │
  │            │            │ (see below)    │                       │
  ├────────────┼────────────┼────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
  │ DEFAULT    │ non-robust │ undefined      │ undefined behavior†   │
  │            │            │ behavior†      │                       │
  ├────────────┼────────────┼────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
  │ DEFAULT    │ robust     │ undefined      │ error returned        │
  │            │            │ behavior†      │                       │
  └────────────┴────────────┴────────────────┴───────────────────────┘

   †     If the mutex type is PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT, the behavior of
         _pthreadmutexlock_() may correspond to one of the three
         other standard mutex types as described in the table above.
         If it does not correspond to one of those three, the
         behavior is undefined for the cases marked †.

   Where the table indicates recursive behavior, the mutex shall
   maintain the concept of a lock count. When a thread successfully
   acquires a mutex for the first time, the lock count shall be set
   to one. Every time a thread relocks this mutex, the lock count
   shall be incremented by one. Each time the thread unlocks the
   mutex, the lock count shall be decremented by one. When the lock
   count reaches zero, the mutex shall become available for other
   threads to acquire.

   The _pthreadmutextrylock_() function shall be equivalent to
   _pthreadmutexlock_(), except that if the mutex object referenced
   by _mutex_ is currently locked (by any thread, including the current
   thread), the call shall return immediately. If the mutex type is
   PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE and the mutex is currently owned by the
   calling thread, the mutex lock count shall be incremented by one
   and the _pthreadmutextrylock_() function shall immediately return
   success.

   The _pthreadmutexunlock_() function shall release the mutex object
   referenced by _mutex_.  The manner in which a mutex is released is
   dependent upon the mutex's type attribute. If there are threads
   blocked on the mutex object referenced by _mutex_ when
   _pthreadmutexunlock_() is called, resulting in the mutex becoming
   available, the scheduling policy shall determine which thread
   shall acquire the mutex.

   (In the case of PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE mutexes, the mutex shall
   become available when the count reaches zero and the calling
   thread no longer has any locks on this mutex.)

   If a signal is delivered to a thread waiting for a mutex, upon
   return from the signal handler the thread shall resume waiting for
   the mutex as if it was not interrupted.

   If _mutex_ is a robust mutex and the process containing the owning
   thread terminated while holding the mutex lock, a call to
   _pthreadmutexlock_() shall return the error value **[EOWNERDEAD]**.
   If _mutex_ is a robust mutex and the owning thread terminated while
   holding the mutex lock, a call to _pthreadmutexlock_() may return
   the error value **[EOWNERDEAD]** even if the process in which the
   owning thread resides has not terminated. In these cases, the
   mutex is locked by the thread but the state it protects is marked
   as inconsistent. The application should ensure that the state is
   made consistent for reuse and when that is complete call
   _pthreadmutexconsistent_().  If the application is unable to
   recover the state, it should unlock the mutex without a prior call
   to _pthreadmutexconsistent_(), after which the mutex is marked
   permanently unusable.

   If _mutex_ does not refer to an initialized mutex object, the
   behavior of _pthreadmutexlock_(), _pthreadmutextrylock_(), and
   _pthreadmutexunlock_() is undefined.

RETURN VALUE top

   If successful, the _pthreadmutexlock_(), _pthreadmutextrylock_(),
   and _pthreadmutexunlock_() functions shall return zero; otherwise,
   an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS top

   The _pthreadmutexlock_() and _pthreadmutextrylock_() functions
   shall fail if:

   **EAGAIN** The mutex could not be acquired because the maximum number
          of recursive locks for _mutex_ has been exceeded.

   **EINVAL** The _mutex_ was created with the protocol attribute having
          the value PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT and the calling thread's
          priority is higher than the mutex's current priority
          ceiling.

   **ENOTRECOVERABLE**
          The state protected by the mutex is not recoverable.

   **EOWNERDEAD**
          The mutex is a robust mutex and the process containing the
          previous owning thread terminated while holding the mutex
          lock. The mutex lock shall be acquired by the calling
          thread and it is up to the new owner to make the state
          consistent.

   The _pthreadmutexlock_() function shall fail if:

   **EDEADLK**
          The mutex type is PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK and the current
          thread already owns the mutex.

   The _pthreadmutextrylock_() function shall fail if:

   **EBUSY** The _mutex_ could not be acquired because it was already
          locked.

   The _pthreadmutexunlock_() function shall fail if:

   **EPERM** The mutex type is PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK or
          PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE, or the mutex is a robust mutex,
          and the current thread does not own the mutex.

   The _pthreadmutexlock_() and _pthreadmutextrylock_() functions may
   fail if:

   **EOWNERDEAD**
          The mutex is a robust mutex and the previous owning thread
          terminated while holding the mutex lock. The mutex lock
          shall be acquired by the calling thread and it is up to the
          new owner to make the state consistent.

   The _pthreadmutexlock_() function may fail if:

   **EDEADLK**
          A deadlock condition was detected.

   These functions shall not return an error code of **[EINTR]**.

   _The following sections are informative._

EXAMPLES top

   None.

APPLICATION USAGE top

   Applications that have assumed that non-zero return values are
   errors will need updating for use with robust mutexes, since a
   valid return for a thread acquiring a mutex which is protecting a
   currently inconsistent state is **[EOWNERDEAD]**.  Applications that
   do not check the error returns, due to ruling out the possibility
   of such errors arising, should not use robust mutexes. If an
   application is supposed to work with normal and robust mutexes it
   should check all return values for error conditions and if
   necessary take appropriate action.

RATIONALE top

   Mutex objects are intended to serve as a low-level primitive from
   which other thread synchronization functions can be built. As
   such, the implementation of mutexes should be as efficient as
   possible, and this has ramifications on the features available at
   the interface.

   The mutex functions and the particular default settings of the
   mutex attributes have been motivated by the desire to not preclude
   fast, inlined implementations of mutex locking and unlocking.

   Since most attributes only need to be checked when a thread is
   going to be blocked, the use of attributes does not slow the
   (common) mutex-locking case.

   Likewise, while being able to extract the thread ID of the owner
   of a mutex might be desirable, it would require storing the
   current thread ID when each mutex is locked, and this could incur
   unacceptable levels of overhead. Similar arguments apply to a
   _mutextryunlock_ operation.

   For further rationale on the extended mutex types, see the
   Rationale (Informative) volume of POSIX.1‐2017, _Threads_
   _Extensions_.

   If an implementation detects that the value specified by the _mutex_
   argument does not refer to an initialized mutex object, it is
   recommended that the function should fail and report an **[EINVAL]**
   error.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   None.

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pthread_mutex_lock(3p) - Linux manual page (original) (raw)

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NAME top

SYNOPSIS top

DESCRIPTION top

RETURN VALUE top

ERRORS top

EXAMPLES top

APPLICATION USAGE top

RATIONALE top

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

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