Acquiring a Non-Blocking Read Lock on a Read-Write Lock

pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock(3C) applies a read lock as in pthread_rwlock_rdlock() with the exception that the function fails if any thread holds a write lock on rwlock or writers are blocked on rwlock.

pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock Syntax

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock);

pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock Return Values

pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock() returns zero if the lock for reading on the read-write lock object referenced by rwlock is acquired. If the lock is not acquired, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

EBUSY

Description:

The read-write lock could not be acquired for reading because a writer holds the lock or was blocked on it.