This routine attempts to lock the mutex specified in the mutex
argument. When a thread calls this routine, an attempt is made to
immediately lock the mutex. If the mutex is successfully locked,
this routine returns zero (0) and the calling thread becomes the
mutex's current owner. If the specified mutex is locked when a
thread calls this routine, the calling thread does not wait for
the mutex to become available.
The behavior of this routine is as follows:
o For a normal, default, or errorcheck mutex: if the mutex
is locked by any thread (including the calling thread) when
this routine is called, this routine returns [EBUSY] and the
calling thread does not wait to acquire the lock.
o For a normal or errorcheck mutex: if the mutex is not owned,
this routine returns zero (0) and the mutex becomes locked by
the calling thread.
o For a recursive mutex: if the mutex is owned by the current
thread, this routine returns zero (0) and the mutex lock count
is incremented. (To unlock a recursive mutex, each call to
pthread_mutex_trylock() must be matched by a call to pthread_
mutex_unlock().)
Use the pthread_mutexattr_settype() routine to set the mutex type
attribute (normal, default, recursive, or errorcheck).