mtx_init

Defined in header <threads.h>
int mtx_init ( mtx_t * mutex, int type ) ;		(since C11)

Creates a new mutex object with type . The object pointed to by mutex is set to an identifier of the newly created mutex.

type must have one of the following values:

• mtx_plain - a simple, non-recursive mutex is created.
• mtx_timed - a non-recursive mutex, that supports timeout, is created.
• mtx_plain | mtx_recursive - a recursive mutex is created.
• mtx_timed | mtx_recursive - a recursive mutex, that supports timeout, is created.

Parameters

mutex	-	pointer to the mutex to initialize
type	-	the type of the mutex

Return value

thrd_success if successful, thrd_error otherwise.

References

See also

C++ documentation for mutex

C++ documentation for timed_mutex

C++ documentation for recursive_mutex

C++ documentation for recursive_timed_mutex