The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2013 The IEEE and The Open Group

#### NAME

> pthread_condattr_destroy, pthread_condattr_init - destroy and initialize the condition variable attributes object

#### SYNOPSIS

> ``#include <pthread.h>
> int pthread_condattr_destroy(pthread_condattr_t *`attr`);
> int pthread_condattr_init(pthread_condattr_t *`attr`);
> ``

#### DESCRIPTION

> The pthread_condattr_destroy() function shall destroy a condition variable attributes object; the object becomes, in effect, uninitialized. An implementation may cause pthread_condattr_destroy() to set the object referenced by attr to an invalid value. A destroyed attr attributes object can be reinitialized using pthread_condattr_init(); the results of otherwise referencing the object after it has been destroyed are undefined.

> The pthread_condattr_init() function shall initialize a condition variable attributes object attr with the default value for all of the attributes defined by the implementation.

> Results are undefined if pthread_condattr_init() is called specifying an already initialized attr attributes object.

> After a condition variable attributes object has been used to initialize one or more condition variables, any function affecting the attributes object (including destruction) shall not affect any previously initialized condition variables.

> This volume of POSIX.1-2008 requires two attributes, the clock attribute and the process-shared attribute.

> Additional attributes, their default values, and the names of the associated functions to get and set those attribute values are implementation-defined.

> The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the attr argument to pthread_condattr_destroy() does not refer to an initialized condition variable attributes object.

#### RETURN VALUE

> If successful, the pthread_condattr_destroy() and pthread_condattr_init() functions shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

#### ERRORS

> The pthread_condattr_init() function shall fail if:

> [ENOMEM]
>   Insufficient memory exists to initialize the condition variable attributes object.

> These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR].

The following sections are informative.

#### EXAMPLES

> None.

#### APPLICATION USAGE

> None.

#### RATIONALE

> A process-shared attribute has been defined for condition variables for the same reason it has been defined for mutexes.

> If an implementation detects that the value specified by the attr argument to pthread_condattr_destroy() does not refer to an initialized condition variable attributes object, it is recommended that the function should fail and report an [EINVAL] error.

> See also pthread_attr_destroy and pthread_mutex_destroy.

#### FUTURE DIRECTIONS

> None.

#### SEE ALSO

> pthread_attr_destroy, pthread_cond_destroy, pthread_condattr_getpshared, pthread_create, pthread_mutex_destroy

> XBD <pthread.h>

#### CHANGE HISTORY

> First released in Issue 5. Included for alignment with the POSIX Threads Extension.

#### Issue 6

> The pthread_condattr_destroy() and pthread_condattr_init() functions are marked as part of the Threads option.

#### Issue 7

> The pthread_condattr_destroy() and pthread_condattr_init() functions are moved from the Threads option to the Base.

> The [EINVAL] error for an uninitialized condition variable attributes object is removed; this condition results in undefined behavior.

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