any fairness in NTPL pthread mutexes?

I'm using NPTL.

If I have a pthread mutex currently owned by a task, and two other tasks try to lock it, when the mutex is unlocked, are there any rules about the order in which the waiting tasks get the mutex (ie priority, FIFO, etc.)?

Thanks,

Chris
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