11-08-2007
You can do this with only one semaphore and a bit of code.
Basically, you have one semaphore that defines the locked sequence and a variable which holds the current (or last) executed process.
Yours faithfully, Tim
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msem_lock
msem_lock(3) Library Functions Manual msem_lock(3)
NAME
msem_lock - Locks a semaphore
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.a)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/mman.h>
int msem_lock ( msemaphore *sem, int condition );
PARAMETERS
Points to an msemaphore structure which specifies the semaphore to be locked. Determines whether the msem_lock() function waits for a cur-
rently locked semaphore to unlock.
DESCRIPTION
The msem_lock() function attempts to lock a binary semaphore.
If the semaphore is not currently locked, it is locked and the msem_lock() function returns successfully.
If the semaphore is currently locked, and the condition parameter is MSEM_IF_NOWAIT, then the msem_lock() function returns with an error.
If the semaphore is currently locked, and the condition parameter is 0 (zero), then msem_lock() will not return until either the calling
process is able to successfully lock the semaphore, or an error condition occurs.
All calls to msem_lock() and msem_unlock() by multiple processes sharing a common msemaphore structure behave as if the calls were serial-
ized.
If the msemaphore structure contains any value not resulting from a call to msem_init() followed by a (possibly empty) sequence of calls to
msem_lock() and msem_unlock(), the results are undefined. The address of an msemaphore structure may be significant. If the msemaphore
structure contains any value copied from an msemaphore structure at a different address, the result is undefined.
NOTES
Trial use
RETURN VALUES
On successful completion, the msem_lock() function returns 0 (zero). On error, the msem_lock() function returns -1 and sets errno to indi-
cate the error.
ERRORS
If the msem_lock() function fails, errno may be set to one of the following values: MSEM_IF_NOWAIT was specified and the semaphore was
already locked. The sem parameter points to an msemaphore structure which specifies a semaphore which has been removed, or the condition
parameter is invalid. The msem_lock() function was interrupted by a signal which was caught.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: msem_init(3), msem_remove(3), msem_unlock(3) delim off
msem_lock(3)