/****************************************************************************** * * Copyright (C) 2014 Google, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * ******************************************************************************/ #pragma once #include struct semaphore_t; typedef struct semaphore_t semaphore_t; // Creates a new semaphore with an initial value of |value|. // Returns NULL on failure. The returned object must be released // with |semaphore_free|. semaphore_t *semaphore_new(unsigned int value); // Frees a semaphore allocated with |semaphore_new|. |semaphore| may // be NULL. void semaphore_free(semaphore_t *semaphore); // Decrements the value of |semaphore|. If it is 0, this call blocks until // it becomes non-zero. |semaphore| may not be NULL. void semaphore_wait(semaphore_t *semaphore); // Tries to decrement the value of |semaphore|. Returns true if the value was // decremented, false if the value was 0. This function never blocks. |semaphore| // may not be NULL. bool semaphore_try_wait(semaphore_t *semaphore); // Increments the value of |semaphore|. |semaphore| may not be NULL. void semaphore_post(semaphore_t *semaphore); // Returns a file descriptor representing this semaphore. The caller may // only perform one operation on the file descriptor: select(2). If |select| // indicates the fd is readable, the caller may call |semaphore_wait| // without blocking. If select indicates the fd is writable, the caller may // call |semaphore_post| without blocking. Note that there may be a race // condition between calling |select| and |semaphore_wait| or |semaphore_post| // which results in blocking behaviour. // // The caller must not close the returned file descriptor. |semaphore| may not // be NULL. int semaphore_get_fd(const semaphore_t *semaphore);