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Имя (Name)

semctl - System V semaphore control operations

Синопсис (Synopsis)

#include <sys/sem.h>

int semctl(int semid, int semnum, int cmd, ...);

Описание (Description)

semctl() performs the control operation specified by cmd on the System V semaphore set identified by semid, or on the semnum-th semaphore of that set. (The semaphores in a set are numbered starting at 0.)

This function has three or four arguments, depending on cmd. When there are four, the fourth has the type union semun. The calling program must define this union as follows:

union semun { int val; /* Value for SETVAL */ struct semid_ds *buf; /* Buffer for IPC_STAT, IPC_SET */ unsigned short *array; /* Array for GETALL, SETALL */ struct seminfo *__buf; /* Buffer for IPC_INFO (Linux-specific) */ };

The semid_ds data structure is defined in <sys/sem.h> as follows:

struct semid_ds { struct ipc_perm sem_perm; /* Ownership and permissions */ time_t sem_otime; /* Last semop time */ time_t sem_ctime; /* Creation time/time of last modification via semctl() */ unsigned long sem_nsems; /* No. of semaphores in set */ };

The fields of the semid_ds structure are as follows:

sem_perm This is an ipc_perm structure (see below) that specifies the access permissions on the semaphore set.

sem_otime Time of last semop(2) system call.

sem_ctime Time of creation of semaphore set or time of last semctl() IPCSET, SETVAL, or SETALL operation.

sem_nsems Number of semaphores in the set. Each semaphore of the set is referenced by a nonnegative integer ranging from 0 to sem_nsems-1.

The ipc_perm structure is defined as follows (the highlighted fields are settable using IPC_SET):

struct ipc_perm { key_t __key; /* Key supplied to semget(2) */ uid_t uid; /* Effective UID of owner */ gid_t gid; /* Effective GID of owner */ uid_t cuid; /* Effective UID of creator */ gid_t cgid; /* Effective GID of creator */ unsigned short mode; /* Permissions */ unsigned short __seq; /* Sequence number */ };

The least significant 9 bits of the mode field of the ipc_perm structure define the access permissions for the shared memory segment. The permission bits are as follows:

0400 Read by user 0200 Write by user 0040 Read by group 0020 Write by group 0004 Read by others 0002 Write by others

In effect, "write" means "alter" for a semaphore set. Bits 0100, 0010, and 0001 (the execute bits) are unused by the system.

Valid values for cmd are:

IPC_STAT Copy information from the kernel data structure associated with semid into the semid_ds structure pointed to by arg.buf. The argument semnum is ignored. The calling process must have read permission on the semaphore set.

IPC_SET Write the values of some members of the semid_ds structure pointed to by arg.buf to the kernel data structure associated with this semaphore set, updating also its sem_ctime member.

The following members of the structure are updated: sem_perm.uid, sem_perm.gid, and (the least significant 9 bits of) sem_perm.mode.

The effective UID of the calling process must match the owner (sem_perm.uid) or creator (sem_perm.cuid) of the semaphore set, or the caller must be privileged. The argument semnum is ignored.

IPC_RMID Immediately remove the semaphore set, awakening all processes blocked in semop(2) calls on the set (with an error return and errno set to EIDRM). The effective user ID of the calling process must match the creator or owner of the semaphore set, or the caller must be privileged. The argument semnum is ignored.

IPC_INFO (Linux-specific) Return information about system-wide semaphore limits and parameters in the structure pointed to by arg.__buf. This structure is of type seminfo, defined in <sys/sem.h> if the _GNU_SOURCE feature test macro is defined:

struct seminfo { int semmap; /* Number of entries in semaphore map; unused within kernel */ int semmni; /* Maximum number of semaphore sets */ int semmns; /* Maximum number of semaphores in all semaphore sets */ int semmnu; /* System-wide maximum number of undo structures; unused within kernel */ int semmsl; /* Maximum number of semaphores in a set */ int semopm; /* Maximum number of operations for semop(2) */ int semume; /* Maximum number of undo entries per process; unused within kernel */ int semusz; /* Size of struct sem_undo */ int semvmx; /* Maximum semaphore value */ int semaem; /* Max. value that can be recorded for semaphore adjustment (SEM_UNDO) */ };

The semmsl, semmns, semopm, and semmni settings can be changed via /proc/sys/kernel/sem; see proc(5) for details.

SEM_INFO (Linux-specific) Return a seminfo structure containing the same information as for IPC_INFO, except that the following fields are returned with information about system resources consumed by semaphores: the semusz field returns the number of semaphore sets that currently exist on the system; and the semaem field returns the total number of semaphores in all semaphore sets on the system.

SEM_STAT (Linux-specific) Return a semid_ds structure as for IPC_STAT. However, the semid argument is not a semaphore identifier, but instead an index into the kernel's internal array that maintains information about all semaphore sets on the system.

SEM_STAT_ANY (Linux-specific, since Linux 4.17) Return a semid_ds structure as for SEM_STAT. However, sem_perm.mode is not checked for read access for semid meaning that any user can employ this operation (just as any user may read /proc/sysvipc/sem to obtain the same information).

GETALL Return semval (i.e., the current value) for all semaphores of the set into arg.array. The argument semnum is ignored. The calling process must have read permission on the semaphore set.

GETNCNT Return the semncnt value for the semnum-th semaphore of the set (i.e., the number of processes waiting for the semaphore's value to increase). The calling process must have read permission on the semaphore set.

GETPID Return the sempid value for the semnum-th semaphore of the set. This is the PID of the process that last performed an operation on that semaphore (but see NOTES). The calling process must have read permission on the semaphore set.

GETVAL Return semval (i.e., the semaphore value) for the semnum-th semaphore of the set. The calling process must have read permission on the semaphore set.

GETZCNT Return the semzcnt value for the semnum-th semaphore of the set (i.e., the number of processes waiting for the semaphore value to become 0). The calling process must have read permission on the semaphore set.

SETALL Set the semval values for all semaphores of the set using arg.array, updating also the sem_ctime member of the semid_ds structure associated with the set. Undo entries (see semop(2)) are cleared for altered semaphores in all processes. If the changes to semaphore values would permit blocked semop(2) calls in other processes to proceed, then those processes are woken up. The argument semnum is ignored. The calling process must have alter (write) permission on the semaphore set.

SETVAL Set the semaphore value (semval) to arg.val for the semnum-th semaphore of the set, updating also the sem_ctime member of the semid_ds structure associated with the set. Undo entries are cleared for altered semaphores in all processes. If the changes to semaphore values would permit blocked semop(2) calls in other processes to proceed, then those processes are woken up. The calling process must have alter permission on the semaphore set.