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28*49ba8a68SJilles Tjoelker.Dd January 28, 2015
29b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Dt SEM_POST 3
30b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Os
31b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh NAME
32b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Nm sem_post
33b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Nd increment (unlock) a semaphore
34d8a78688SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
35fccedf06SRuslan Ermilov.Lb libc
36b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh SYNOPSIS
3732eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In semaphore.h
38b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Ft int
39b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post "sem_t *sem"
40b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh DESCRIPTION
41b0a1b4f8SJason EvansThe
42b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
43b0a1b4f8SJason Evansfunction increments (unlocks) the semaphore pointed to by
44b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fa sem .
45b0a1b4f8SJason EvansIf there are threads blocked on the semaphore when
46b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
47b0a1b4f8SJason Evansis called, then the highest priority thread that has been blocked the longest on
48b0a1b4f8SJason Evansthe semaphore will be allowed to return from
49b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_wait .
50b167c9a5SJason Evans.Pp
51ab165955SPhilippe CharnierThe
52b167c9a5SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
53ab165955SPhilippe Charnierfunction is signal-reentrant and may be called within signal handlers.
54b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh RETURN VALUES
55b1250632SYaroslav Tykhiy.Rv -std sem_post
56b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh ERRORS
57ab165955SPhilippe CharnierThe
58b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
59ab165955SPhilippe Charnierfunction will fail if:
60b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Bl -tag -width Er
61b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.It Bq Er EINVAL
6226b6c45aSRuslan ErmilovThe
63b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fa sem
6426b6c45aSRuslan Ermilovargument
65b0a1b4f8SJason Evanspoints to an invalid semaphore.
66*49ba8a68SJilles Tjoelker.It Bq Er EOVERFLOW
67*49ba8a68SJilles TjoelkerThe semaphore value would exceed
68*49ba8a68SJilles Tjoelker.Dv SEM_VALUE_MAX .
69b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.El
70b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh SEE ALSO
717a6d1e6fSRobert Watson.Xr sem_getvalue 3 ,
7282db3da3SJason Evans.Xr sem_trywait 3 ,
7315096da3SJohn Baldwin.Xr sem_wait 3
74b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh STANDARDS
75ab165955SPhilippe CharnierThe
76b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
77ab165955SPhilippe Charnierfunction conforms to
78096841ecSRuslan Ermilov.St -p1003.1-96 .
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