100 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
100 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (C) 2000 Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd February 15, 2000
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.Dt SEM_INIT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sem_init
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.Nd initialize an unnamed semaphore
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc_r
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In semaphore.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn sem_init "sem_t *sem" "int pshared" "unsigned int value"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn sem_init
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function initializes the unnamed semaphore pointed to by
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.Fa sem
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to have the value
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.Fa value .
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A non-zero value for
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.Fa pshared
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specifies a shared semaphore that can be used by multiple processes, which this
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implementation is not capable of.
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.Pp
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Following a successful call to
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.Fn sem_init ,
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.Fa sem
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can be used as an argument in subsequent calls to
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.Fa sem_wait ,
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.Fa sem_trywait ,
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.Fa sem_post ,
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and
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.Fa sem_destroy .
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.Fa sem
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is no longer valid after a successful call to
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.Fa sem_destroy .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std sem_init
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn sem_init
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Fa value
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exceeds SEM_VALUE_MAX.
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.It Bq Er ENOSPC
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Memory allocation error.
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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Unable to initialize a shared semaphore.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sem_destroy 3 ,
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.Xr sem_post 3 ,
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.Xr sem_trywait 3 ,
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.Xr sem_wait 3 ,
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.Xr sem 4
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.Fn sem_init
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conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-96 .
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.Pp
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This implementation does not support shared semaphores, and reports this fact
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by setting
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.Va errno
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to
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.Er EPERM .
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This is perhaps a stretch of the intention of POSIX, but is
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compliant, with the caveat that
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.Fn sem_init
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always reports a permissions error when an attempt to create a shared semaphore
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is made.
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