NAME
sys/sem.h — XSI
semaphore facility
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The <sys/sem.h> header shall define the following constants and structures.
Semaphore operation flags:
- SEM_UNDO
- Set up adjust on exit entry.
Command definitions for the semctl(3) function shall be provided as follows:
- GETNCNT
- Get semncnt .
- GETPID
- Get sempid .
- GETVAL
- Get semval .
- GETALL
- Get all cases of semval .
- GETZCNT
- Get semzcnt .
- SETVAL
- Set semval .
- SETALL
- Set all cases of semval .
The semid_ds structure shall contain the following members:
struct ipc_perm sem_perm Operation permission structure. unsigned short sem_nsems Number of semaphores in set. time_t sem_otime Last semop () time. time_t sem_ctime Last time changed by semctl ().
The pid_t, time_t, key_t, and size_t types shall be defined as described in <sys/types.h>.
A semaphore shall be represented by an anonymous structure containing the following members:
unsigned short semval Semaphore value.
pid_t sempid Process ID of last operation.
unsigned short semncnt Number of processes waiting for semval
to become greater than current value.
unsigned short semzcnt Number of processes waiting for semval
to become 0.
The sembuf structure shall contain the following members:
unsigned short sem_num Semaphore number. short sem_op Semaphore operation. short sem_flg Operation flags.
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
int semctl(int, int, int, ...); int semget(key_t, int, int); int semop(int, struct sembuf *, size_t);
In addition, all of the symbols from <sys/ipc.h> shall be defined when this header is included.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in Issue 2. Derived from System V Release 2.0.
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