barrier_destroy(3synch)


barrier_destroy -- destroy a blocking barrier

Synopsis

   cc [options] -Kthread file
   

#include <synch.h>

int barrier_destroy(barrier_t *barrier);

Description

barrier_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_destroy and must be explicitly released by the program.

Parameters


barrier
pointer to barrier to be destroyed

Return values

barrier_destroy returns zero for success and an error number for failure.

Errors

If one of the following conditions is detected, barrier_destroy returns the corresponding value:

EBUSY
a thread is still waiting at the barrier

EINVAL
invalid argument specified

References

Intro(3synch), barrier(3synch), barrier_init(3synch), barrier_wait(3synch)
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004