Name
sem_getvalue — get the value of a semaphore
Synopsis
#include <semaphore.h>
int
sem_getvalue( |
sem_t *sem, |
int *sval); |
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DESCRIPTION
sem_getvalue() places the
current value of the semaphore pointed to sem into the integer pointed to
by sval.
If one or more processes or threads are blocked waiting to
lock the semaphore with sem_wait(3), POSIX.1
permits two possibilities for the value returned in
sval: either 0 is
returned; or a negative number whose absolute value is the
count of the number of processes and threads currently
blocked in sem_wait(3). Linux adopts
the former behavior.
RETURN VALUE
sem_getvalue() returns 0 on
success; on error, −1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
sem_getvalue() |
Thread safety | MT-Safe |
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