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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man3/sem_getvalue.3 b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man3/sem_getvalue.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6e529bab --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man3/sem_getvalue.3 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH sem_getvalue 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +sem_getvalue \- get the value of a semaphore +.SH LIBRARY +POSIX threads library +.RI ( libpthread ", " \-lpthread ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <semaphore.h> +.PP +.BI "int sem_getvalue(sem_t *restrict " sem ", int *restrict " sval ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR sem_getvalue () +places the current value of the semaphore pointed to +.I sem +into the integer pointed to by +.IR sval . +.PP +If one or more processes or threads are blocked +waiting to lock the semaphore with +.BR sem_wait (3), +POSIX.1 permits two possibilities for the value returned in +.IR sval : +either 0 is returned; +or a negative number whose absolute value is the count +of the number of processes and threads currently blocked in +.BR sem_wait (3). +Linux adopts the former behavior. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.BR sem_getvalue () +returns 0 on success; +on error, \-1 is returned and +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EINVAL +.I sem +is not a valid semaphore. +(The glibc implementation currently does not check whether +.I sem +is valid.) +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR sem_getvalue () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001. +.SH NOTES +The value of the semaphore may already have changed by the time +.BR sem_getvalue () +returns. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR sem_post (3), +.BR sem_wait (3), +.BR sem_overview (7) |