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47 .TH SEM_POST 3C "Feb 5, 2008"
49 sem_post \- increment the count of a semaphore
53 #include <semaphore.h>
55 \fBint\fR \fBsem_post\fR(\fBsem_t *\fR\fIsem\fR);
61 The \fBsem_post()\fR function unlocks the semaphore referenced by \fIsem\fR by
62 performing a semaphore unlock operation on that semaphore.
65 If the semaphore value resulting from this operation is positive, then no
66 threads were blocked waiting for the semaphore to become unlocked; the
67 semaphore value is simply incremented.
70 If the value of the semaphore resulting from this operation is 0, then one of
71 the threads blocked waiting for the semaphore will be allowed to return
72 successfully from its call to \fBsem_wait\fR(3C). If the symbol
73 \fB_POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING\fR is defined, the thread to be unblocked will
74 be chosen in a manner appropriate to the scheduling policies and parameters in
75 effect for the blocked threads. In the case of the schedulers \fBSCHED_FIFO\fR
76 and \fBSCHED_RR\fR, the highest priority waiting thread will be unblocked, and
77 if there is more than one highest priority thread blocked waiting for the
78 semaphore, then the highest priority thread that has been waiting the longest
79 will be unblocked. If the symbol \fB_POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING\fR is not
80 defined, the choice of a thread to unblock is unspecified.
84 If successful, \fBsem_post()\fR returns \fB0\fR; otherwise it returns
85 \fB\(mi1\fR and sets \fBerrno\fR to indicate the error.
89 The \fBsem_post()\fR function will fail if:
96 The \fIsem\fR argument does not refer to a valid semaphore.
105 The \fBsem_post()\fR function is not supported by the system.
111 \fB\fBEOVERFLOW\fR \fR
114 The semaphore value exceeds \fBSEM_VALUE_MAX\fR.
120 The \fBsem_post()\fR function is reentrant with respect to signals and may be
121 invoked from a signal-catching function. The semaphore functionality described
122 on this manual page is for the POSIX (see \fBstandards\fR(5)) threads
123 implementation. For the documentation of the Solaris threads interface, see
124 \fBsemaphore\fR(3C)).
128 See \fBsem_wait\fR(3C).
132 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
140 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
142 Interface Stability Committed
144 MT-Level Async-Signal-Safe
146 Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5).
152 \fBsched_setscheduler\fR(3C), \fBsem_wait\fR(3C), \fBsemaphore\fR(3C),
153 \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)