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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man3/sem_getvalue.3 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/sem_getvalue.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/sem_getvalue.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eeccc140 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/sem_getvalue.3 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: sem_getvalue.3,v 1.7 2025/06/07 00:16:52 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 2000 Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as +.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible +.\" addition of one or more copyright notices. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in +.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the +.\" distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY +.\" EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE +.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR +.\" BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, +.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE +.\" OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, +.\" EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc_r/man/sem_getvalue.3,v 1.9 2001/10/01 16:09:09 ru Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 7 2025 $ +.Dt SEM_GETVALUE 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sem_getvalue +.Nd get the value of a semaphore +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Lb libpthread +.In semaphore.h +.Ft int +.Fn sem_getvalue "sem_t *sem" "int *sval" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn sem_getvalue +function sets the variable pointed to by +.Fa sval +to the current value of the semaphore pointed to by +.Fa sem , +as of the time that the call to +.Fn sem_getvalue +is actually run. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Rv -std sem_getvalue +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn sem_getvalue +will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +.Fa sem +points to an invalid semaphore. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sem_destroy 3 , +.Xr sem_init 3 , +.Xr sem_open 3 , +.Xr sem_post 3 , +.Xr sem_wait 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Fn sem_getvalue +conforms to +.St -p1003.1-96 . +.Pp +The value of the semaphore is never negative, even if there are threads blocked +on the semaphore. +POSIX is somewhat ambiguous in its wording with regard to +what the value of the semaphore should be if there are blocked waiting threads, +but this behavior is conformant, given the wording of the specification. |
