sem_getvalue(2) System Calls Manual sem_getvalue(2)NAME
sem_getvalue - get the value of a POSIX semaphore
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
is used to read the value of the semaphore. The value of the semaphore specified by sem is read, at some unspecified time during the call,
and then stored into sval. If the semaphore value is <= 0, at that time, the semaphore is considered unavailable. If the semaphore value
is > 0, at that time, the semaphore is considered available.
If sval is positive, it is equal to the number of locks available on the semaphore, at the time the semaphore value was read. If sval is
negative, its absolute value is equal to the number of blocked threads waiting for the semaphore to become available, at the time the sema-
phore value was read.
If the specified semaphore referred to by sem is a named semaphore, then this semaphore must have been opened by the calling process with
and the process must have read permission on this semaphore.
To use this function, link in the realtime library by specifying on the compiler or linker command line.
EXAMPLES
The following call to will read the value of the semaphore sem and store it in sval.
RETURN VALUE
A successful call to will return 0. Otherwise, the call to will return -1 with errno set to the appropriate value of the error condition.
ERRORS
fails and does not perform the requested operation if any of the following conditions are encountered:
[EPERM] The calling process does not have the privileges necessary to read the semaphore.
[EINVAL] The argument sem does not refer to a valid semaphore.
SEE ALSO sem_open(2), <semaphore.h>.
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE sem_getvalue(2)
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SEM_GETVALUE(3) BSD Library Functions Manual SEM_GETVALUE(3)NAME
sem_getvalue -- get the value of a semaphore
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <semaphore.h>
int
sem_getvalue(sem_t * restrict sem, int * restrict sval);
DESCRIPTION
The sem_getvalue() function sets the variable pointed to by sval to the current value of the semaphore pointed to by sem, as of the time that
the call to sem_getvalue() is actually run.
RETURN VALUES
The sem_getvalue() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to
indicate the error.
ERRORS
The sem_getvalue() function will fail if:
[EINVAL] The sem argument points to an invalid semaphore.
SEE ALSO sem_post(3), sem_trywait(3), sem_wait(3)STANDARDS
The sem_getvalue() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').
The value of the semaphore is never negative, even if there are threads blocked on the semaphore. POSIX is somewhat ambiguous in its wording
with regard to what the value of the semaphore should be if there are blocked waiting threads, but this behavior is conformant, given the
wording of the specification.
BSD February 15, 2000 BSD
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