.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Michael Telahun Makonnen .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man3/pthread_mutex_timedlock.3 300043 2016-05-17 09:56:22Z kib $ .\" .Dd April 29, 2016 .Dt PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMEDLOCK 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pthread_mutex_timedlock .Nd lock a mutex without blocking indefinitely .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpthread .Sh SYNOPSIS .In pthread.h .In time.h .Ft int .Fn pthread_mutex_timedlock "pthread_mutex_t *mutex" "const struct timespec *abs_timeout" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_mutex_timedlock function will lock .Fa mutex . If it is already locked the calling thread will block until the mutex becomes available or the timeout, specified by abs_timeout, expires. The time of the timeout is an absolute time and is not relative to the current time. .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, .Fn pthread_mutex_timedlock will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn pthread_mutex_timedlock function will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq "Er ENOTRECOVERABLE" The .Fa mutex was created with the protocol attribute having the value PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT and the calling thread's priority is higher than the mutex's current priority ceiling. .It Bq Er EINVAL The process or thread would have blocked, and .Fa abs_timeout specified a nanosecond value less than zero or greater than or equal to 1 billion. .It Bq Er EINVAL The .Fa mutex parameter is invalid. .It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT The .Fa mutex could not be locked before the timeout expired. .It Bq Er EAGAIN The .Fa mutex could not be acquired because the maximum number of recursive locks for the .Fa mutex has been exceeded. .It Bq Er EDEADLK The current thread already owns the .Fa mutex . .It Bq Er EOWNERDEAD The argument .Fa mutex points to a robust mutex and the previous owning thread terminated while holding the mutex lock. The lock was granted to the caller and it is up to the new owner to make the state consistent. .It Bq Er ENOTRECOVERABLE The state protected by the .Fa mutex is not recoverable. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pthread_mutex_consistent 3 , .Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3 , .Xr pthread_mutex_init 3 , .Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3 , .Xr pthread_mutex_trylock 3 , .Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn pthread_mutex_timedlock function is expected to conform to .St -p1003.1-96 .