_barrier_spin_destroy(3synch)
_barrier_spin_destroy --
destroy a spin type barrier
Synopsis
cc [options] -Kthread file
#include <synch.h>
int _barrier_spin_destroy(barrier_spin_t *barrier);
Description
_barrier_spin_destroy destroys the barrier pointed to by barrier.
This includes invalidating the barrier
and freeing any associated implementation-allocated dynamic resources.
Any user-allocated dynamic storage is
unaffected by _barrier_spin_destroy
and must be explicitly released by the program.
Parameters
- barrier
-
pointer to barrier to be destroyed
Return values
_barrier_spin_destroy returns zero for success
and an error number for failure.
Errors
If one of the following conditions is detected,
_barrier_spin_destroy returns the corresponding value:
- EBUSY
-
a thread is still spinning at the barrier
- EINVAL
-
invalid argument specified
References
Intro(3synch),
_barrier_spin(3synch),
_barrier_spin_init(3synch),
barrier(3synch),
barrier_destroy(3synch),
barrier_init(3synch),
barrier_wait(3synch)
30 January 1998
© 1998 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All rights reserved.