incubator-nuttx/include/semaphore.h

/****************************************************************************
 * include/semaphore.h
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#ifndef __SEMAPHORE_H
#define __SEMAPHORE_H

/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <limits.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
#define EXTERN extern "C"
extern "C" {
#else
#define EXTERN extern
#endif

/****************************************************************************
 * Definitions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Type Declarations
 ****************************************************************************/

/* This is the generic semaphore structure. */

struct sem_s
{
  sint16 semcount;              /* >0 -> Num counts available */
                                /* <0 -> Num tasks waiting for semaphore */
};
typedef struct sem_s sem_t;

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Variables
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Function Prototypes
 ****************************************************************************/

/* Counting Semaphore Interfaces (based on POSIX APIs) */

EXTERN int        sem_init(FAR sem_t *sem, int pshared, unsigned int value);
EXTERN int        sem_destroy(FAR sem_t *sem);
EXTERN FAR sem_t *sem_open(FAR const char *name, int oflag, ...);
EXTERN int        sem_close(FAR sem_t *sem);
EXTERN int        sem_unlink(FAR const char *name);
EXTERN int        sem_wait(FAR sem_t *sem);
EXTERN int        sem_trywait(FAR sem_t *sem);
EXTERN int        sem_post(FAR sem_t *sem);
EXTERN int        sem_getvalue(FAR sem_t *sem, FAR int *sval);

#undef EXTERN
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* __SEMAPHORE_H */