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SEMGET(3P) POSIX Programmer's ManualSEMGET(3P)This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
semget — get set of XSI semaphores
#include <sys/sem.h> int semget(key_tkey, intnsems, intsemflg);
Thesemget() function operates on XSI semaphores (see the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,Section 4.17,Semaphore). It is unspecified whether this function interoperates with the realtime interprocess communication facilities defined inSection2.8,Realtime. Thesemget() function shall return the semaphore identifier associated withkey. A semaphore identifier with its associatedsemid_dsdata structure and its associated set ofnsems semaphores (see<sys/sem.h>) is created forkey if one of the following is true: * The argumentkey is equal to IPC_PRIVATE. * The argumentkey does not already have a semaphore identifier associated with it and (semflg &IPC_CREAT) is non-zero. Upon creation, thesemid_dsdata structure associated with the new semaphore identifier is initialized as follows: * In the operation permissions structuresem_perm.cuid,sem_perm.uid,sem_perm.cgid, andsem_perm.gid shall be set to the effective user ID and effective group ID, respectively, of the calling process. * The low-order 9 bits ofsem_perm.mode shall be set to the low- order 9 bits ofsemflg. * The variablesem_nsems shall be set to the value ofnsems. * The variablesem_otime shall be set to 0 andsem_ctime shall be set to the current time, as described inSection 2.7.1,IPCGeneral Description. * The data structure associated with each semaphore in the set need not be initialized. Thesemctl() function with the command SETVAL or SETALL can be used to initialize each semaphore.
Upon successful completion,semget() shall return a non-negative integer, namely a semaphore identifier; otherwise, it shall return -1 and seterrno to indicate the error.
Thesemget() function shall fail if:EACCESA semaphore identifier exists forkey, but operation permission as specified by the low-order 9 bits ofsemflg would not be granted; seeSection 2.7,XSI InterprocessCommunication.EEXISTA semaphore identifier exists for the argumentkey but ((semflg &IPC_CREAT) &&(semflg &IPC_EXCL)) is non-zero.EINVALThe value ofnsems is either less than or equal to 0 or greater than the system-imposed limit, or a semaphore identifier exists for the argumentkey, but the number of semaphores in the set associated with it is less thannsems andnsems is not equal to 0.ENOENTA semaphore identifier does not exist for the argumentkey and (semflg &IPC_CREAT) is equal to 0.ENOSPCA 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.
Refer tosemop(3p).
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 inSection 2.7,XSI Interprocess Communication can be easily modified to use the alternative interfaces.
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A future version may require that the value of thesemval,sempid,semncnt, andsemzcnt members of all semaphores in a semaphore set be initialized to zero when a call tosemget() creates a semaphore set. Many semaphore implementations already do this and it greatly simplifies what an application must do to initialize a semaphore set.
Section 2.7,XSI Interprocess Communication,Section 2.8,Realtime,ftok(3p),semctl(3p),semop(3p),sem_close(3p),sem_destroy(3p),sem_getvalue(3p),sem_init(3p),sem_open(3p),sem_post(3p),sem_trywait(3p),sem_unlink(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,Section 4.17,Semaphore,sys_sem.h(0p)
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