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Re: [Fwd: [gp@familiehaase.de: sem_* functions in cygwin]]
On Dec 9 09:50, Mark Paulus wrote:
> So, does that mean that if process 1 opens a semaphore,
> process 2 also grabs it, then process 1 unlinks it, and then
> "reconnects" to it, that process 1 and process 2 do not have
> and cannot have the same semaphore anymore, even though
> they are using the same IPC_KEY?
>
> (Or am I way confused/off base here)?
Only partially. IPC_KEYs have nothing to do with it since we're talking
about *POSIX* semaphores, not *SYSV* semaphores.
Otherwise you're right. After some process has called sem_unlink(), any
subsequent call to sem_open with the same sempahore name connects to a new
semaphore.
Corinna
>
> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:44:42 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> >[Catching up on some older mails]
>
> >> ----- Forwarded message from "Gerrit P. Haase" -----
> >> From: "Gerrit P. Haase"
> >> To: cygwin ML
> >> Subject: sem_* functions in cygwin
> >> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:48:20 +0100
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> nearly all sem_* functions are available, but sem_unlock is missing,
> >> was there a problem implementing sem_unlock() or was it just missed
> >> by accident?
> >>
> >>
> >> Gerrit
> >> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> >I guess you're asking about sem_unlink(). It's not implemented so far
> >since named POSIX semaphores are implemented using named Windows semaphores.
> >The SUSv3 description contains a pretty unfortunate implementation detail:
>
> > Calls to sem_open() to recreate or reconnect to the semaphore refer
> > to a new semaphore after sem_unlink() is called.
>
> >There's no way I know of, which allows to implement this using named
> >Windows semaphores. At least not without adding a lot of annoying
> >bookkeeping overhead, possibly involving cygserver.
>
>
> >Corinna
>
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