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23 | .Dd June 8, 2000 | |
24 | .Dt SEM_POST 2 | |
25 | .Os Darwin | |
26 | .Sh NAME | |
27 | .Nm sem_post | |
28 | .Nd unlock a semaphore | |
29 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
30 | .Fd #include <semaphore.h> | |
31 | .Ft int | |
32 | .Fn sem_post "sem_t *sem" | |
33 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
34 | The the semaphore referenced by | |
35 | .Fa sem | |
36 | is unlocked, the value of the semaphore is incremented, and all | |
37 | threads which are waiting on the semaphore are awakened. | |
38 | .Pp | |
39 | .Fn sem_post | |
40 | is reentrant with respect to signals and may be called from within a | |
41 | signal hanlder. | |
42 | .Pp | |
43 | If successful, | |
44 | .Fn sem_post | |
45 | will return 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and | |
46 | .Va errno | |
47 | is set. | |
48 | .Sh ERRORS | |
49 | .Fn sem_post | |
50 | succeeds unless: | |
51 | .Bl -tag -width Er | |
52 | .It Bq Er EINVAL | |
53 | .Fa sem | |
54 | is not a valid semaphore descriptor. | |
55 | .El | |
56 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
57 | .Xr semctl 2 , | |
58 | .Xr semget 2 , | |
59 | .Xr semop 2 , | |
60 | .Xr sem_open 2 , | |
61 | .Xr sem_trywait 2 , | |
62 | .Xr sem_wait 2 | |
63 | .Sh HISTORY | |
64 | .Fn sem_post | |
65 | is specified in the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995). |