pthread_attr_destroy.c

/*
 * pthread_attr_destroy.c
 *
 * Description:
 * This translation unit implements operations on thread attribute objects.
 *
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 *      Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32
 *      Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom
 *      Copyright(C) 1999,2005 Pthreads-win32 contributors
 * 
 *      Contact Email: rpj@callisto.canberra.edu.au
 * 
 *      The current list of contributors is contained
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 * 
 *      This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *      modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *      License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *      version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 *      This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *      Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 *      You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 *      if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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 */

#include "pthread.h"
#include "implement.h"


int
pthread_attr_destroy (pthread_attr_t * attr)
     /*
      * ------------------------------------------------------
      * DOCPUBLIC
      *      Destroys a thread attributes object.
      *
      * PARAMETERS
      *      attr
      *              pointer to an instance of pthread_attr_t
      *
      *
      * DESCRIPTION
      *      Destroys a thread attributes object.
      *
      *      NOTES:
      *              1)      Does not affect threads created with 'attr'.
      *
      * RESULTS
      *              0               successfully destroyed attr,
      *              EINVAL          'attr' is invalid.
      *
      * ------------------------------------------------------
      */
{
  if (ptw32_is_attr (attr) != 0)
    {
      return EINVAL;
    }

  /*
   * Set the attribute object to a specific invalid value.
   */
  (*attr)->valid = 0;
  free (*attr);
  *attr = NULL;

  return 0;
}