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Command: sem_getvalue | Section: 3 | Source: OpenBSD | File: sem_getvalue.3
SEM_GETVALUE(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual SEM_GETVALUE(3)
NAME
sem_getvalue - get the value of a semaphore
SYNOPSIS
#include <semaphore.h>
int
sem_getvalue(sem_t *sem, int *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
sem_getvalue() will fail if:
[EINVAL] sem points to an invalid semaphore.
SEE ALSO
sem_destroy(3), sem_init(3), sem_open(3), sem_post(3), sem_wait(3)
STANDARDS
sem_getvalue() 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.
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