1SEMGET(3P)                 POSIX Programmer's Manual                SEMGET(3P)
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PROLOG

6       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
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8       Linux  manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
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NAME

13       semget — get set of XSI semaphores
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SYNOPSIS

16       #include <sys/sem.h>
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18       int semget(key_t key, int nsems, int semflg);
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DESCRIPTION

21       The semget() function operates on XSI semaphores (see the Base  Defini‐
22       tions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 4.16, Semaphore).  It is unspeci‐
23       fied whether this function interoperates with the realtime interprocess
24       communication facilities defined in Section 2.8, Realtime.
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26       The  semget() function shall return the semaphore identifier associated
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29       A semaphore identifier with its associated semid_ds data structure  and
30       its associated set of nsems semaphores (see <sys/sem.h>) is created for
31       key if one of the following is true:
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33        *  The argument key is equal to IPC_PRIVATE.
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35        *  The argument key does not already have a semaphore identifier asso‐
36           ciated with it and (semflg &IPC_CREAT) is non-zero.
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38       Upon creation, the semid_ds data structure associated with the new sem‐
39       aphore identifier is initialized as follows:
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41        *  In the operation permissions structure sem_perm.cuid, sem_perm.uid,
42           sem_perm.cgid,  and sem_perm.gid shall be set to the effective user
43           ID and effective group ID, respectively, of the calling process.
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45        *  The low-order 9 bits of sem_perm.mode shall be set to the low-order
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48        *  The variable sem_nsems shall be set to the value of nsems.
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50        *  The variable sem_otime shall be set to 0 and sem_ctime shall be set
51           to the current time, as described in  Section  2.7.1,  IPC  General
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54        *  The  data  structure associated with each semaphore in the set need
55           not be initialized. The semctl() function with the  command  SETVAL
56           or SETALL can be used to initialize each semaphore.
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RETURN VALUE

59       Upon  successful completion, semget() shall return a non-negative inte‐
60       ger, namely a semaphore identifier; otherwise, it shall return  −1  and
61       set errno to indicate the error.
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ERRORS

64       The semget() function shall fail if:
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66       EACCES A  semaphore identifier exists for key, but operation permission
67              as specified by the low-order 9 bits  of  semflg  would  not  be
68              granted; see Section 2.7, XSI Interprocess Communication.
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70       EEXIST A  semaphore identifier exists for the argument key but ((semflg
71              &IPC_CREAT) &&(semflg &IPC_EXCL)) is non-zero.
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73       EINVAL The value of nsems is either less than or equal to 0 or  greater
74              than  the system-imposed limit, or a semaphore identifier exists
75              for the argument key, but the number of semaphores  in  the  set
76              associated  with it is less than nsems and nsems is not equal to
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79       ENOENT A semaphore identifier does not exist for the argument  key  and
80              (semflg &IPC_CREAT) is equal to 0.
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82       ENOSPC A  semaphore  identifier is to be created but the system-imposed
83              limit on the maximum number of  allowed  semaphores  system-wide
84              would be exceeded.
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86       The following sections are informative.
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EXAMPLES

89       Refer to semop().
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APPLICATION USAGE

92       The  POSIX Realtime Extension defines alternative interfaces for inter‐
93       process communication. Application  developers  who  need  to  use  IPC
94       should design their applications so that modules using the IPC routines
95       described in Section 2.7, XSI Interprocess Communication can be  easily
96       modified to use the alternative interfaces.
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RATIONALE

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

102       A future version may require that the value of the semval, sempid, sem‐
103       ncnt, and semzcnt members of all semaphores in a semaphore set be  ini‐
104       tialized  to zero when a call to semget() creates a semaphore set. Many
105       semaphore implementations already do this  and  it  greatly  simplifies
106       what an application must do to initialize a semaphore set.
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SEE ALSO

109       Section  2.7,  XSI  Interprocess  Communication, Section 2.8, Realtime,
110       ftok(), semctl(), semop(), sem_close(), sem_destroy(),  sem_getvalue(),
111       sem_init(), sem_open(), sem_post(), sem_trywait(), sem_unlink()
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113       The  Base  Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 4.16, Semaphore,
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