PTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT(3)    BSD Library Functions Manual    PTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT(3)

NAME
     pthread_mutex_init -- create a mutex

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_mutex_init(pthread_mutex_t *mutex,
         const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_mutex_init() function creates a new mutex, with attributes
     specified with attr.  If attr is NULL the default attributes are used.

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, pthread_mutex_init() will return zero and put the new
     mutex id into mutex, otherwise an error number will be returned to indi-
     cate the error.

ERRORS
     The pthread_mutex_init() function will fail if:

     [EINVAL]           The value specified by attr is invalid.

     [ENOMEM]           The process cannot allocate enough memory to create
                        another mutex.

SEE ALSO
     pthread_mutex_destroy(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3),
     pthread_mutex_trylock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3), pthread_mutexattr(3)

STANDARDS
     The pthread_mutex_init() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996
     (``POSIX.1'').

BSD                            November 4, 2006                            BSD