svsem/svsem_mon.c

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/* svsem_mon.c

   Display various information about the semaphores in a System V semaphore set.

   Since the information obtained by this program is not obtained atomically,
   it may not be consistent if another process makes changes to the semaphore
   at the moment this program is running.
*/
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/sem.h>
#include <time.h>
#include "semun.h"                      /* Definition of semun union */
#include "tlpi_hdr.h"
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    struct semid_ds ds;
    union semun arg, dummy;             /* Fourth argument for semctl() */
    int semid, j;

    if (argc != 2 || strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0)
        usageErr("%s semid\n", argv[0]);

    semid = getInt(argv[1], 0, "semid");

    arg.buf = &ds;
    if (semctl(semid, 0, IPC_STAT, arg) == -1)
        errExit("semctl");

    printf("Semaphore changed: %s", ctime(&ds.sem_ctime));
    printf("Last semop():      %s", ctime(&ds.sem_otime));

    /* Display per-semaphore information */

    arg.array = calloc(ds.sem_nsems, sizeof(arg.array[0]));
    if (arg.array == NULL)
        errExit("calloc");
    if (semctl(semid, 0, GETALL, arg) == -1)
        errExit("semctl-GETALL");

    printf("Sem #  Value  SEMPID  SEMNCNT  SEMZCNT\n");

    for (j = 0; j < ds.sem_nsems; j++)
        printf("%3d   %5d   %5d  %5d    %5d\n", j, arg.array[j],
                semctl(semid, j, GETPID, dummy),
                semctl(semid, j, GETNCNT, dummy),
                semctl(semid, j, GETZCNT, dummy));

    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

 

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