.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved .TH "PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RDLOCK" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" .\" pthread_rwlock_rdlock .SH NAME pthread_rwlock_rdlock, pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock \- lock a read-write lock object for reading .SH SYNOPSIS .LP \fB#include .br .sp int pthread_rwlock_rdlock(pthread_rwlock_t\fP \fI*rwlock\fP\fB); .br int pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock(pthread_rwlock_t\fP \fI*rwlock\fP\fB); \fP \fB .br \fP .SH DESCRIPTION .LP The \fIpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fP() function shall apply a read lock to the read-write lock referenced by \fIrwlock\fP. The calling thread acquires the read lock if a writer does not hold the lock and there are no writers blocked on the lock. .LP If the Thread Execution Scheduling option is supported, and the threads involved in the lock are executing with the scheduling policies SCHED_FIFO or SCHED_RR, the calling thread shall not acquire the lock if a writer holds the lock or if writers of higher or equal priority are blocked on the lock; otherwise, the calling thread shall acquire the lock. .LP If the Threads Execution Scheduling option is supported, and the threads involved in the lock are executing with the SCHED_SPORADIC scheduling policy, the calling thread shall not acquire the lock if a writer holds the lock or if writers of higher or equal priority are blocked on the lock; otherwise, the calling thread shall acquire the lock. .LP If the Thread Execution Scheduling option is not supported, it is implementation-defined whether the calling thread acquires the lock when a writer does not hold the lock and there are writers blocked on the lock. If a writer holds the lock, the calling thread shall not acquire the read lock. If the read lock is not acquired, the calling thread shall block until it can acquire the lock. The calling thread may deadlock if at the time the call is made it holds a write lock. .LP A thread may hold multiple concurrent read locks on \fIrwlock\fP (that is, successfully call the \fIpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fP() function \fIn\fP times). If so, the application shall ensure that the thread performs matching unlocks (that is, it calls the \fIpthread_rwlock_unlock\fP() function \fIn\fP times). .LP The maximum number of simultaneous read locks that an implementation guarantees can be applied to a read-write lock shall be implementation-defined. The \fIpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fP() function may fail if this maximum would be exceeded. .LP The \fIpthread_rwlock_tryrdlock\fP() function shall apply a read lock as in the \fIpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fP() function, with the exception that the function shall fail if the equivalent \fIpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fP() call would have blocked the calling thread. In no case shall the \fIpthread_rwlock_tryrdlock\fP() function ever block; it always either acquires the lock or fails and returns immediately. .LP Results are undefined if any of these functions are called with an uninitialized read-write lock. .LP If a signal is delivered to a thread waiting for a read-write lock for reading, upon return from the signal handler the thread resumes waiting for the read-write lock for reading as if it was not interrupted. .SH RETURN VALUE .LP If successful, the \fIpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fP() function shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error. .LP The \fIpthread_rwlock_tryrdlock\fP() function shall return zero if the lock for reading on the read-write lock object referenced by \fIrwlock\fP is acquired. Otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error. .SH ERRORS .LP The \fIpthread_rwlock_tryrdlock\fP() function shall fail if: .TP 7 .B EBUSY The read-write lock could not be acquired for reading because a writer holds the lock or a writer with the appropriate priority was blocked on it. .sp .LP The \fIpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fP() and \fIpthread_rwlock_tryrdlock\fP() functions may fail if: .TP 7 .B EINVAL The value specified by \fIrwlock\fP does not refer to an initialized read-write lock object. .TP 7 .B EAGAIN The read lock could not be acquired because the maximum number of read locks for \fIrwlock\fP has been exceeded. .sp .LP The \fIpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fP() function may fail if: .TP 7 .B EDEADLK The current thread already owns the read-write lock for writing. .sp .LP These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR]. .LP \fIThe following sections are informative.\fP .SH EXAMPLES .LP None. .SH APPLICATION USAGE .LP Applications using these functions may be subject to priority inversion, as discussed in the Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, Section 3.285, Priority Inversion. .SH RATIONALE .LP None. .SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS .LP None. .SH SEE ALSO .LP \fIpthread_rwlock_destroy\fP() , \fIpthread_rwlock_timedrdlock\fP() , \fIpthread_rwlock_timedwrlock\fP() , \fIpthread_rwlock_trywrlock\fP() , \fIpthread_rwlock_unlock\fP() , \fIpthread_rwlock_wrlock\fP() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI\fP .SH COPYRIGHT Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .