mtx_timedlock

 

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Concurrency support library

Threads thrd_create thrd_equal thrd_current    thrd_sleep thrd_yield thrd_exit thrd_detach thrd_join thrd_successthrd_timedoutthrd_busythrd_nomemthrd_error    Atomic operations atomic_init ATOMIC_VAR_INIT (until C23) ATOMIC_***_LOCK_FREE atomic_is_lock_free atomic_store atomic_load atomic_exchange atomic_compare_exchange atomic_fetch_add atomic_fetch_sub atomic_fetch_or atomic_fetch_xor atomic_fetch_and

Atomic flags atomic_flag ATOMIC_FLAG_INIT atomic_flag_test_and_set atomic_flag_clear Memory ordering memory_order kill_dependency atomic_thread_fence atomic_signal_fence Mutual exclusion mtx_init mtx_lock mtx_timedlock mtx_trylock call_once mtx_unlock mtx_destroy mtx_plainmtx_recursivemtx_timed Condition variables cnd_init cnd_signal cnd_broadcast cnd_wait cnd_timedwait cnd_destroy Thread-local storage thread_local TSS_DTOR_ITERATIONS    tss_create tss_get tss_set tss_delete

 

Defined in header <threads.h>
int mtx_timedlock( mtx_t *restrict mutex,                    const struct timespec *restrict time_point );		(since C11)

Blocks the current thread until the mutex pointed to by mutex is locked or until the TIME_UTC based absolute calendar time point pointed to by time_point has been reached.

Since this function takes an absolute time, if a duration is required, the calendar time point must be calculated manually.

The behavior is undefined if the current thread has already locked the mutex and the mutex is not recursive.

The behavior is undefined if the mutex does not support timeout.

Prior calls to mtx_unlock on the same mutex synchronize-with this operation (if this operation succeeds), and all lock/unlock operations on any given mutex form a single total order (similar to the modification order of an atomic)

Parameters

mutex	-	pointer to the mutex to lock
time_point	-	pointer to the absolute calendar time until which to wait for the timeout

Return value

thrd_success if successful, thrd_timedout if the timeout time has been reached before the mutex is locked, thrd_error if an error occurs.

References

• C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):

• 7.26.4.4 The mtx_timedlock function (p: 278)

• C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

• 7.26.4.4 The mtx_timedlock function (p: 381-382)

See also

timespec (C11)	time in seconds and nanoseconds (struct)
mtx_lock (C11)	blocks until locks a mutex (function)
mtx_trylock (C11)	locks a mutex or returns without blocking if already locked (function)
mtx_unlock (C11)	unlocks a mutex (function)

External links

• GNU GCC Libc Manual: ISO-C-Mutexes