sem_post

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME

sem_post - unlock a semaphore  

LIBRARY

POSIX threads library (libpthread,~-lpthread)  

SYNOPSIS

#include <semaphore.h>
int sem_post(sem_t *sem);

 

DESCRIPTION

sem_post() increments (unlocks) the semaphore pointed to by sem. If the semaphore's value consequently becomes greater than zero, then another process or thread blocked in a sem_wait(3) call will be woken up and proceed to lock the semaphore.  

RETURN VALUE

sem_post() returns 0 on success; on error, the value of the semaphore is left unchanged, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.  

ERRORS

EINVAL

sem is not a valid semaphore.

EOVERFLOW

The value would exceed SEM_VALUE_MAX.

 

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
sem_post()	Thread safety	M-Safe

 

STANDARDS

POSIX.-2008.  

HISTORY

POSIX.-2001.  

NOTES

sem_post() is asyn-signa-safe: it may be safely called within a signal handler.  

EXAMPLES

See sem_wait(3) and shm_open(3).  

SEE ALSO

sem_getvalue(3), sem_wait(3), sem_overview(7), signal-safety(7)

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