Destroying a Mutex

Use pthread_mutex_destroy(3C) to destroy any state that is associated with the mutex pointed to by mp .

pthread_mutex_destroy Syntax

int pthread_mutex_destroy(pthread_mutex_t *mp); 

#include <pthread.h>

pthread_mutex_t mp;
int ret;

ret = pthread_mutex_destroy(&mp); /* mutex is destroyed */

Note that the space for storing the mutex is not freed.

pthread_mutex_destroy Return Values

pthread_mutex_destroy() returns zero after completing successfully. Any other return value indicates that an error occurred. When any of the following conditions occur, the function fails and returns the corresponding value.

EINVAL

Description:

The value specified by mp does not refer to an initialized mutex object.