http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51906
--- Comment #30 from Jack Howarth <howarth at nitro dot med.uc.edu> 2012-01-31 02:25:31 UTC --- (In reply to comment #29) > It might be easier if I to get access to a darwin system, which I should have > in a few days so I can test it myself. Okay, I was able to get... #include <pthread.h> #include <stdio.h> struct mutex { pthread_mutex_t m = PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; }; int main() { mutex m; // return pthread_mutex_trylock(&m.m); printf(" returned %d\n",pthread_mutex_trylock(&m.m)); } to compile with "g++-fsf-4.7 -std=c++0x -g -O0 pthread_test.c" on darwin11 and it outputs "22" which appears to be... The pthread_mutex_lock() and pthread_mutex_trylock() functions shall fail if: EINVAL The mutex was created with the protocol attribute having the value PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT and the calling thread's priority is higher than the mutex's current priority ceiling.