sem_post(3p) — Linux manual page

SEM_POST(3P)            POSIX Programmer's Manual           SEM_POST(3P)

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NAME

       sem_post — unlock a semaphore

SYNOPSIS

       #include <semaphore.h>

       int sem_post(sem_t *sem);

DESCRIPTION

       The sem_post() function shall unlock the semaphore referenced by
       sem by performing a semaphore unlock operation on that semaphore.

       If the semaphore value resulting from this operation is positive,
       then no threads were blocked waiting for the semaphore to become
       unlocked; the semaphore value is simply incremented.

       If the value of the semaphore resulting from this operation is
       zero, then one of the threads blocked waiting for the semaphore
       shall be allowed to return successfully from its call to
       sem_wait().  If the Process Scheduling option is supported, the
       thread to be unblocked shall be chosen in a manner appropriate to
       the scheduling policies and parameters in effect for the blocked
       threads. In the case of the schedulers SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR,
       the highest priority waiting thread shall be unblocked, and if
       there is more than one highest priority thread blocked waiting
       for the semaphore, then the highest priority thread that has been
       waiting the longest shall be unblocked. If the Process Scheduling
       option is not defined, the choice of a thread to unblock is
       unspecified.

       If the Process Sporadic Server option is supported, and the
       scheduling policy is SCHED_SPORADIC, the semantics are as per
       SCHED_FIFO above.

       The sem_post() function shall be async-signal-safe and may be
       invoked from a signal-catching function.

RETURN VALUE

       If successful, the sem_post() function shall return zero;
       otherwise, the function shall return -1 and set errno to indicate
       the error.

ERRORS

       The sem_post() function may fail if:

       EINVAL The sem argument does not refer to a valid semaphore.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       See sem_timedwait(3p).

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       semctl(3p), semget(3p), semop(3p), sem_timedwait(3p),
       sem_trywait(3p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 4.12, Memory
       Synchronization, semaphore.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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IEEE/The Open Group               2017                      SEM_POST(3P)

Pages that refer to this page: semaphore.h(0p), semctl(3p), semget(3p), sem_getvalue(3p), sem_init(3p), semop(3p), sem_open(3p), sem_timedwait(3p), sem_trywait(3p)

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