Wait on a named or unnamed semaphore, with a timeout
#include <semaphore.h> #include <time.h> int sem_timedwait( sem_t * sem, const struct timespec * abs_timeout ); int sem_timedwait_monotonic( sem_t * sem, const struct timespec * abs_timeout );
libc
Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.
The sem_timedwait() function decrements the semaphore referenced by sem as in the sem_wait() function. However, if the semaphore can't be decremented without waiting for another thread to increment the semaphore by calling sem_post(), the wait is terminated when the specified timeout expires. The timeout is based on the CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
The sem_timedwait_monotonic() function is a QNX Neutrino extension; it's similar to sem_timedwait(), but it uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC, so the timeout isn't affected by changes to the system time.
The timeout expires when the absolute time specified by abs_timeout passes, as measured by the clock on which timeouts are based (i.e. when the value of that clock equals or exceeds abs_timeout), or if the absolute time specified by abs_timeout has already been passed at the time of the call.
#include <stdio.h> #include <semaphore.h> #include <time.h> main(){ struct timespec tm; sem_t sem; int i=0; sem_init( &sem, 0, 0); do { clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &tm); tm.tv_sec += 1; i++; printf("i=%d\n",i); if (i==10) { sem_post(&sem); } } while ( sem_timedwait( &sem, &tm ) == -1 ); printf("Semaphore acquired after %d timeouts\n", i); return; }
sem_timedwait() is POSIX 1003.1; sem_timedwait_monotonic() is QNX Neutrino
Safety: | |
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Cancellation point | Yes |
Interrupt handler | No |
Signal handler | Yes |
Thread | Yes |