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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-06-17 10:51:52 +0000
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.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH sem_overview 7 2022-12-04 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH sem_overview 7 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.8"
.SH NAME
sem_overview \- overview of POSIX semaphores
.SH DESCRIPTION
POSIX semaphores allow processes and threads to synchronize their actions.
-.PP
+.P
A semaphore is an integer whose value is never allowed to fall below zero.
Two operations can be performed on semaphores:
increment the semaphore value by one
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ and decrement the semaphore value by one
If the value of a semaphore is currently zero, then a
.BR sem_wait (3)
operation will block until the value becomes greater than zero.
-.PP
+.P
POSIX semaphores come in two forms: named semaphores and
unnamed semaphores.
.TP
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ When the semaphore is no longer required,
and before the memory in which it is located is deallocated,
the semaphore should be destroyed using
.BR sem_destroy (3).
-.PP
+.P
The remainder of this section describes some specific details
of the Linux implementation of POSIX semaphores.
.SS Versions
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ with names of the form
rather than
.B NAME_MAX
characters.)
-.PP
+.P
Since Linux 2.6.19, ACLs can be placed on files under this directory,
to control object permissions on a per-user and per-group basis.
.SH NOTES