ctThrdMutexRel

Releases a mutex.

Short Name

ctThrdMutexRel()

Type

Threading function

Declaration

NINT ctThrdMutexRel(pctMUTEX mutex)

Description

Releases the mutex pointed to by mutex, permitting other threads to contend for it.

Return

Value	Symbolic Constant	Explanation
0	NO_ERROR	Successful function.
637	TSYR_ERR	mutex release failed. Check sysiocod for system-level error return.

See c-tree Plus Error Codes for a complete listing of valid c-tree Plus error values.

Example

pctMUTEX  tfin_mtx;

NINT      rc;


ctThrdMutexGet(&tfin_mtx);

rc = tfin;

ctThrdMutexRel(&tfin_mtx);

Limitations

Can only release a mutex currently held by this thread. Can only be used with a ctThrd library.