SEM_DESTROY
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2006-03-25
NAME
sem_destroy - destroy an unnamed semaphore
SYNOPSIS
#include <semaphore.h>
int sem_destroy(sem_t *sem);
Link with -lrt or -pthread.
DESCRIPTION
sem_destroy()
destroys the unnamed semaphore at the address pointed to by
sem.
Only a semaphore that has been initialized by
sem_init(3)
should be destroyed using
sem_destroy().
Destroying a semaphore that other processes or threads are
currently blocked on (in
sem_wait(3))
produces undefined behavior.
Using a semaphore that has been destroyed produces undefined results,
until the semaphore has been reinitialized using
sem_init(3).
RETURN VALUE
sem_destroy()
returns 0 on success;
on error, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
- EINVAL
-
sem
is not a valid semaphore.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
An unnamed semaphore should be destroyed with
sem_destroy()
before the memory in which it is located is deallocated.
Failure to do this can result in resource leaks on some implementations.
SEE ALSO
sem_init(3),
sem_post(3),
sem_wait(3),
sem_overview(7)
COLOPHON
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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- CONFORMING TO
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- NOTES
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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