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25.Dd August 4, 1998
26.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCKATTR_INIT 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm pthread_rwlockattr_init
30.Nd initialize a read/write lock
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb libpthread
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In pthread.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init "pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
40function is used to initialize a read/write lock attributes object.
41.Sh RETURN VALUES
42If successful, the
43.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
44function will return zero.
45Otherwise an error number will be returned
46to indicate the error.
47.Sh ERRORS
48The
49.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
50function will fail if:
51.Bl -tag -width Er
52.It Bq Er ENOMEM
53Insufficient memory exists to initialize the attribute object.
54.El
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3 ,
57.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_destroy 3 ,
58.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared 3 ,
59.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared 3
60.Sh STANDARDS
61The
62.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
63function is expected to conform to
64.St -susv2 .
65.Sh HISTORY
66The
67.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_init
68function first appeared in
69.Fx 3.0 .
70