NAME

mtx_destroy — destroy a mutex

SYNOPSIS

library “threads”
#include <threads.h>

int
mtx_destroy(mtx_t *mtx);

DESCRIPTION

The function mtx_destroy() destroy the given mutex mtx.

There must be no threads waiting on the given mutex when it is destroyed.

RETURN VALUES

Upon success mtx_destroy() returns thrd_success, in the case of an error thrd_error will be returned.

SEE ALSO

mtx_init(3) mtx_lock(3) mtx_timedlock(3) mtx_trylock(3) mtx_unlock(3)

HISTORY

The mtx_destroy() function first appeared in the C11 standard ISO/IEC 9899:2011.

AUTHORS

Jan Adelsbach <jan@jadelsbach.de>