PTHREAD_RWLOCK_TIMEDRDLOCK
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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NAME
pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock
--- lock a read-write lock for reading
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
#include <time.h>
int pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock(pthread_rwlock_t *restrict rwlock,
const struct timespec *restrict abstime);
DESCRIPTION
The
pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock()
function shall apply a read lock to the read-write lock referenced by
rwlock
as in the
pthread_rwlock_rdlock()
function. However, if the lock cannot be acquired without waiting for
other threads to unlock the lock, this wait shall be terminated when
the specified timeout expires. The timeout shall expire when the
absolute time specified by
abstime
passes, as measured by the clock on which timeouts are based (that is,
when the value of that clock equals or exceeds
abstime),
or if the absolute time specified by
abstime
has already been passed at the time of the call.
The timeout shall be based on the CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
The resolution of the timeout shall be the resolution of the
CLOCK_REALTIME clock. The
timespec
data type is defined in the
<time.h>
header. Under no circumstances shall the function fail with a timeout
if the lock can be acquired immediately. The validity of the
abstime
parameter need not be checked if the lock can be immediately acquired.
If a signal that causes a signal handler to be executed is delivered to
a thread blocked on a read-write lock via a call to
pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock(),
upon return from the signal handler the thread shall resume waiting for
the lock as if it was not interrupted.
The calling thread may deadlock if at the time the call is made it
holds a write lock on
rwlock.
The results are undefined if this function is called with an
uninitialized read-write lock.
RETURN VALUE
The
pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock()
function shall return zero if the lock for reading on the read-write
lock object referenced by
rwlock
is acquired. Otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate
the error.
ERRORS
The
pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock()
function shall fail if:
- ETIMEDOUT
-
The lock could not be acquired before the specified timeout expired.
The
pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock()
function may fail if:
- EAGAIN
-
The read lock could not be acquired because the maximum number of read
locks for lock would be exceeded.
- EDEADLK
-
A deadlock condition was detected or the calling thread already holds a
write lock on
rwlock.
- EINVAL
-
The
abstime
nanosecond value is less than zero or greater than or equal to 1000
million.
This function shall not return an error code of
[EINTR].
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
Applications using this function may be subject to priority inversion,
as discussed in the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
Section 3.291,
Priority Inversion.
RATIONALE
If an implementation detects that the value specified by the
rwlock
argument to
pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock()
does not refer to an initialized read-write lock object, it is
recommended that the function should fail and report an
[EINVAL]
error.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
pthread_rwlock_destroy(),
pthread_rwlock_rdlock(),
pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock(),
pthread_rwlock_trywrlock(),
pthread_rwlock_unlock()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
Section 3.291, Priority Inversion,
Section 4.12, Memory Synchronization,
<pthread.h>,
<time.h>
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-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
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