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.Dd August 4, 1998 .Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCK_UNLOCK 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pthread_rwlock_unlock .Nd release a read/write lock .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpthread .Sh SYNOPSIS n pthread.h .Ft int .Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock "pthread_rwlock_t *lock" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock function is used to release the read/write lock previously obtained by .Fn pthread_rwlock_rdlock , .Fn pthread_rwlock_wrlock , .Fn pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock , or .Fn pthread_rwlock_trywrlock . .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, the .Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

p The results are undefined if .Fa lock is not held by the calling thread. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock function may fail if: l -tag -width Er t Bq Er EINVAL The value specified by .Fa lock is invalid. t Bq Er EPERM The current thread does not own the read/write lock. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pthread_rwlock_rdlock 3 , .Xr pthread_rwlock_wrlock 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock function is expected to conform to .St -susv2 . .Sh HISTORY The .Fn pthread_rwlock_unlock function first appeared in .Fx 3.0 .