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Re: sem_getvalue returns the semaphore count, while not setting the actual semaphore counter
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:55:57 -0400
- Subject: Re: sem_getvalue returns the semaphore count, while not setting the actual semaphore counter
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- References: <FDCE19ABDB9E0E4AAC59D533D365D2AF0170C38983 at EXCHSRV02 dot deif dot com> <524182BA dot 3050002 at cs dot utoronto dot ca>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 05:16:58AM -0700, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>On 24/09/2013 5:04 AM, Tue Henriksen wrote:
>> problems with sem_getvalue function
><snip>
>> On success, it should return 0, otherwise -1. However, it looks like the function lately has been changed so it now returns the semaphore count, and leaves '*sval' unchanged.
>A patch to fix this was submitted recently [1], you might want to see
>whether the current snapshot has the fix yet [2].
>
>[1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2013-q3/msg00006.html
>[2] http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
This was not submitted. I asked some questions which the OP never
answered.
cgf
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