sem_getvalue returns the semaphore count, while not setting the actual semaphore counter

[Ryan Johnson]

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/

Ryan


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