/* * ------------------------------------------------------------- * * Module: sem_getvalue.c * * Purpose: * Semaphores aren't actually part of PThreads. * They are defined by the POSIX Standard: * * POSIX 1003.1-2001 * * ------------------------------------------------------------- * * Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32 * Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom * Copyright(C) 1999,2002 Pthreads-win32 contributors * * Contact Email: rpj@ise.canberra.edu.au * * The current list of contributors is contained * in the file CONTRIBUTORS included with the source * code distribution. The list can also be seen at the * following World Wide Web location: * http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/contributors.html * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library in the file COPYING.LIB; * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA */ #include "pthread.h" #include "semaphore.h" #include "implement.h" int sem_getvalue(sem_t * sem, int * sval) /* * ------------------------------------------------------ * DOCPUBLIC * This function stores the current count value of the * semaphore. * RESULTS * * Return value * * 0 sval has been set. * -1 failed, error in errno * * in global errno * * EINVAL 'sem' is not a valid semaphore, * ENOSYS this function is not supported, * * * PARAMETERS * * sem pointer to an instance of sem_t * * sval pointer to int. * * DESCRIPTION * This function stores the current count value of the semaphore * pointed to by sem in the int pointed to by sval. */ { int result = 0; long value; if ( sem == NULL || *sem == NULL || sval == NULL ) { result = EINVAL; } else { register sem_t s = *sem; #ifdef NEED_SEM EnterCriticalSection(&s->sem_lock_cs); value = s->value; LeaveCriticalSection(&s->sem_lock_cs); #else /* * There appears to be NO atomic means of determining the * value of the semaphore. Using only ReleaseSemaphore() * with either a zero or oversized count parameter has been * suggested but this trick doesn't produce consistent results * across Windows versions (the technique uses values that are * knowingly illegal but hopes to extract the current value * anyway - the zero parameter appears to work for Win9x but * neither work reliably for WinNT). * * The intrusive method below will give false results * at times but it at least errs on the side of * caution. Competing threads might occasionally believe * the semaphore has a count of one less than it actually * would have and possibly block momentarily unecessarily, * but they will never see a higher semaphore value than * there should be. * * * Multiple threads calling sem_getvalue() at the same time * may not all return the same value (assuming no calls to * other semaphore routines). They will always return the * correct value or a lesser value. This problem could be fixed * with a global or a per-semaphore critical section here. * * An equally approximate but IMO slightly riskier approach * would be to keep a separate per-semaphore counter and * decrement/increment it inside of sem_wait() and sem_post() * etc using the Interlocked* functions. */ if ( WaitForSingleObject( s->sem, 0 ) == WAIT_TIMEOUT ) { /* Failed - must be zero */ value = 0; } else { /* Decremented semaphore - release it and note the value */ (void) ReleaseSemaphore( s->sem, 1L, &value); value++; } #endif } if ( result != 0 ) { errno = result; return -1; } *sval = value; return 0; } /* sem_getvalue */