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30b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Dd February 15, 2000
31b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Dt SEM_POST 3
32b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Os
33b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh NAME
34b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Nm sem_post
35b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Nd increment (unlock) a semaphore
36d8a78688SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
37fccedf06SRuslan Ermilov.Lb libc
38b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh SYNOPSIS
3932eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In semaphore.h
40b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Ft int
41b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post "sem_t *sem"
42b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh DESCRIPTION
43b0a1b4f8SJason EvansThe
44b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
45b0a1b4f8SJason Evansfunction increments (unlocks) the semaphore pointed to by
46b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fa sem .
47b0a1b4f8SJason EvansIf there are threads blocked on the semaphore when
48b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
49b0a1b4f8SJason Evansis called, then the highest priority thread that has been blocked the longest on
50b0a1b4f8SJason Evansthe semaphore will be allowed to return from
51b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_wait .
52b167c9a5SJason Evans.Pp
53ab165955SPhilippe CharnierThe
54b167c9a5SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
55ab165955SPhilippe Charnierfunction is signal-reentrant and may be called within signal handlers.
56b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh RETURN VALUES
57b1250632SYaroslav Tykhiy.Rv -std sem_post
58b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh ERRORS
59ab165955SPhilippe CharnierThe
60b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
61ab165955SPhilippe Charnierfunction will fail if:
62b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Bl -tag -width Er
63b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.It Bq Er EINVAL
6426b6c45aSRuslan ErmilovThe
65b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fa sem
6626b6c45aSRuslan Ermilovargument
67b0a1b4f8SJason Evanspoints to an invalid semaphore.
68b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.El
69b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh SEE ALSO
707a6d1e6fSRobert Watson.Xr sem_getvalue 3 ,
7182db3da3SJason Evans.Xr sem_trywait 3 ,
72*15096da3SJohn Baldwin.Xr sem_wait 3
73b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Sh STANDARDS
74ab165955SPhilippe CharnierThe
75b0a1b4f8SJason Evans.Fn sem_post
76ab165955SPhilippe Charnierfunction conforms to
77096841ecSRuslan Ermilov.St -p1003.1-96 .
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