psem/psem_timedwait.c

This is psem/psem_timedwait.c, an example to accompany the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

This file is not printed in the book; it is the solution to Exercise 53-2 (page 1105).

The source code file is copyright 2024, Michael Kerrisk, and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

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/* psem_timedwait.c

   Decrease the value of a POSIX named semaphore using sem_timedwait().

   Usage: psem_timedwait sem-name nsecs

   On Linux, named semaphores are supported with kernel 2.6 or later, and
   a glibc that provides the NPTL threading implementation.
*/
#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 199309
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <time.h>
#include "tlpi_hdr.h"
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if (argc != 3 || strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0)
        usageErr("%s sem-name num-secs\n", argv[0]);

    sem_t *sem = sem_open(argv[1], 0);
    if (sem == SEM_FAILED)
        errExit("sem_open");

    /* sem_timedwait() expects an absolute time in its second argument.
       So we take the number of (relative) seconds specified on the
       command line, and add it to the current system time. */

    struct timespec ts;
    if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == -1)
        errExit("clock_gettime-CLOCK_REALTIME");

    ts.tv_sec += atoi(argv[2]);

    if (sem_timedwait(sem, &ts) == -1)
        errExit("sem_timedwait");

    printf("%ld sem_wait() succeeded\n", (long) getpid());
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

 

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