SEM_GETVALUE(3P)

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NAME
sem_getvalue — get the value of a semaphore

SYNOPSIS

#include <semaphore.h>

int sem_getvalue(sem_t *restrict sem, int *restrict sval);

DESCRIPTION
The sem_getvalue() function shall update the location referenced by the sval argument to have the value of the semaphore referenced by sem without affecting the state of the semaphore. The updated value represents an actual semaphore value that occurred at some unspecified time during the call, but it need not be the actual value of the semaphore when it is returned to the calling process.

If sem is locked, then the object to which sval points shall either be set to zero or to a negative number whose absolute value represents the number of processes waiting for the semaphore at some unspecified time during the call.

RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the sem_getvalue() function shall return a value of zero. Otherwise, it shall return a value of -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS
The sem_getvalue() function may fail if:

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

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
None.

APPLICATION USAGE
None.

RATIONALE
None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

SEE ALSO
semctl(), semget(), semop(), sem_post(), sem_timedwait(), sem_trywait()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <semaphore.h>

COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form 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 is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .