SEMGET
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2013
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NAME
semget
--- get set of XSI semaphores
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/sem.h>
int semget(key_t key, int nsems, int semflg);
DESCRIPTION
The
semget()
function operates on XSI semaphores (see the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008,
Section 4.16,
Semaphore).
It is unspecified whether this function interoperates with the
realtime interprocess communication facilities defined in
Section 2.8,
Realtime.
The
semget()
function shall return the semaphore identifier associated with
key.
A semaphore identifier with its associated
semid_ds
data structure and its associated set of
nsems
semaphores (see
<sys/sem.h>)
is created for
key
if one of the following is true:
- *
-
The argument
key
is equal to IPC_PRIVATE.
- *
-
The argument
key
does not already have a semaphore identifier associated with it and
(semflg &IPC_CREAT) is non-zero.
Upon creation, the
semid_ds
data structure associated with the new semaphore identifier is
initialized as follows:
- *
-
In the operation permissions structure
sem_perm.cuid,
sem_perm.uid,
sem_perm.cgid,
and
sem_perm.gid
shall be set to the effective user ID and effective group ID,
respectively, of the calling process.
- *
-
The low-order 9 bits of
sem_perm.mode
shall be set to the low-order 9 bits of
semflg.
- *
-
The variable
sem_nsems
shall be set to the value of
nsems.
- *
-
The variable
sem_otime
shall be set to 0 and
sem_ctime
shall be set to the current time, as described in
Section 2.7.1, IPC General Description.
- *
-
The data structure associated with each semaphore in the set need not
be initialized. The
semctl()
function with the command SETVAL or SETALL
can be used to initialize each semaphore.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
semget()
shall return a non-negative integer, namely a semaphore identifier;
otherwise, it shall return -1 and set
errno
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The
semget()
function shall fail if:
- EACCES
-
A semaphore identifier exists for
key,
but operation permission as specified by the low-order 9 bits of
semflg
would not be granted; see
Section 2.7, XSI Interprocess Communication.
- EEXIST
-
A semaphore identifier exists for the argument
key
but ((semflg &IPC_CREAT) &&(semflg &IPC_EXCL))
is non-zero.
- EINVAL
-
The value of
nsems
is either less than or equal to 0 or greater than the system-imposed
limit, or a semaphore identifier exists for the argument
key,
but the number of semaphores in the set associated with it is less than
nsems
and
nsems
is not equal to 0.
- ENOENT
-
A semaphore identifier does not exist for the argument
key
and (semflg &IPC_CREAT) is equal to 0.
- ENOSPC
-
A semaphore identifier is to be created but the system-imposed limit on
the maximum number of allowed semaphores system-wide would be
exceeded.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
Refer to
semop().
APPLICATION USAGE
The POSIX Realtime Extension defines alternative interfaces for interprocess
communication. Application developers who need to use IPC should
design their applications so that modules using the IPC routines
described in
Section 2.7,
XSI Interprocess Communication
can be easily modified to use the alternative interfaces.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
A future version may require that the value of the
semval,
sempid,
semncnt,
and
semzcnt
members of all semaphores in a semaphore set be initialized to zero when
a call to
semget()
creates a semaphore set. Many semaphore implementations already do this
and it greatly simplifies what an application must do to initialize a
semaphore set.
SEE ALSO
Section 2.7,
XSI Interprocess Communication,
Section 2.8,
Realtime,
ftok(),
semctl(),
semop(),
sem_close(),
sem_destroy(),
sem_getvalue(),
sem_init(),
sem_open(),
sem_post(),
sem_trywait(),
sem_unlink()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008,
Section 4.16,
Semaphore,
<sys_sem.h>
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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
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