1.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Michael Telahun Makonnen
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
10.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
11.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12.\"
13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
23.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
24.\"
25.Dd August 17, 2018
26.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_TIMEDWRLOCK 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
30.Nd "acquire a read-write lock for writing or give up after a specified period"
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb libpthread
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In pthread.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock "pthread_rwlock_t *restrict rwlock" "const struct timespec *restrict abs_timeout"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38This function acquires a write lock on the read-write lock
39.Fa rwlock .
40However, if the lock cannot be
41acquired without waiting for another thread to
42unlock the lock,
43this wait shall be terminated when
44.Fa abs_timeout
45expires.
46.Pp
47If the thread should be interrupted by a signal,
48the
49.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
50function will be automatically restarted after the thread returns from
51the signal handler.
52.Pp
53The calling thread may deadlock if
54at the time the call is made it holds
55.Fa rwlock .
56The results are undefined if this function is called with
57an uninitialized read-write lock.
58.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
59To prevent writer starvation, writers are favored over readers.
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61If successful, the
62.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
63function will return zero.
64Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
65.Pp
66This function shall not return an error code of
67.Er EINTR .
68.Sh ERRORS
69The
70.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
71function shall fail if:
72.Bl -tag -width Er
73.It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT
74The lock could not be acquired before the specified timeout expired.
75.El
76.Pp
77The
78.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
79function may fail if:
80.Bl -tag -width Er
81.It Bq Er EDEADLK
82The calling thread already holds
83.Fa rwlock .
84.It Bq Er EINVAL
85The value specified by
86.Fa rwlock
87does not refer to an initialized read-write lock object,
88or the
89.Fa abs_timeout
90nanosecond value is less than zero or
91greater than or equal to 1 billion.
92.El
93.Sh SEE ALSO
94.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3 ,
95.Xr pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock 3 ,
96.Xr pthread_rwlock_unlock 3
97.Sh STANDARDS
98The
99.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
100function is expected to conform to
101.St -p1003.1-96 .
102.Sh HISTORY
103The
104.Fn pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
105function first appeared in
106.Fx 5.2 .
107