pthread_spin_unlock

Synopsis

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_spin_unlock(pthread_spinlock_t *lock);

Status

Implemented

Conformance

IEEE Std 1003.1-2017

Description

The pthread_spin_unlock() function shall release the spin lock referenced by lock which was locked via the pthread_spin_lock() or pthread_spin_trylock() functions.

The results are undefined if the lock is not held by the calling thread.

If there are threads spinning on the lock when pthread_spin_unlock() is called, the lock becomes available and an unspecified spinning thread shall acquire the lock.

The results are undefined if this function is called with an uninitialized thread spin lock.

Return value

Upon successful completion, the pthread_spin_unlock() function shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

Errors

This function shall not return an error code of EINTR.

POSIX deviations

No POSIX deviations discovered.