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2.6 KiB
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81 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (C) 2000 Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 15, 2000
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.Dt SEM_GETVALUE 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sem_getvalue
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.Nd get the value of a semaphore
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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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_getvalue "sem_t * restrict sem" "int * restrict sval"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn sem_getvalue
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function sets the variable pointed to by
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.Fa sval
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to the current value of the semaphore pointed to by
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.Fa sem ,
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as of the time that the call to
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.Fn sem_getvalue
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is actually run.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std sem_getvalue
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn sem_getvalue
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function will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The
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.Fa sem
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argument
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points to an invalid semaphore.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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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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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn sem_getvalue
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-96 .
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.Pp
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The value of the semaphore is never negative, even if there are threads blocked
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on the semaphore.
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.Tn POSIX
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is somewhat ambiguous in its wording with regard to
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what the value of the semaphore should be if there are blocked waiting threads,
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but this behavior is conformant, given the wording of the specification.
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