/* * Provide an simpler and easier to understand interface to the System V * semaphore system calls. There are 7 routines available to the user: * * id = sem_create(key, initval); # create with initial value or open * id = sem_open(key); # open (must already exist) * sem_wait(id); # wait = P = down by 1 * sem_signal(id); # signal = V = up by 1 * sem_op(id, amount); # wait if (amount < 0) * # signal if (amount > 0) * sem_close(id); # close * sem_rm(id); # remove (delete) * * We create and use a 3-member set for the requested semaphore. * The first member, [0], is the actual semaphore value, and the second * member, [1], is a counter used to know when all processes have finished * with the semaphore. The counter is initialized to a large number, * decremented on every create or open and incremented on every close. * This way we can use the "adjust" feature provided by System V so that * any process that exit's without calling sem_close() is accounted * for. It doesn't help us if the last process does this (as we have * no way of getting control to remove the semaphore) but it will * work if any process other than the last does an exit (intentional * or unintentional). * The third member, [2], of the semaphore set is used as a lock variable * to avoid any race conditions in the sem_create() and sem_close() * functions. */ #include #include #include #include #include "ourhdr.h" void sem_op(int, int); int sem_create(key_t, int); int sem_open(key_t); void sem_rm(int); void sem_close(int); void sem_wait(int); void sem_signal(int); #define BIGCOUNT 10000 /* initial value of process counter */ /* * Define the semaphore operation arrays for the semop() calls. */ static struct sembuf op_lock[2] = { 2, 0, 0, /* wait for [2] (lock) to equal 0 */ 2, 1, SEM_UNDO /* then increment [2] to 1 - this locks it */ /* UNDO to release the lock if processes exits before explicitly unlocking */ }; static struct sembuf op_endcreate[2] = { 1, -1, SEM_UNDO,/* decrement [1] (proc counter) with undo on exit */ /* UNDO to adjust proc counter if process exits before explicitly calling sem_close() */ 2, -1, SEM_UNDO /* then decrement [2] (lock) back to 0 */ }; static struct sembuf op_open[1] = { 1, -1, SEM_UNDO /* decrement [1] (proc counter) with undo on exit */ }; static struct sembuf op_close[3] = { 2, 0, 0, /* wait for [2] (lock) to equal 0 */ 2, 1, SEM_UNDO, /* then increment [2] to 1 - this locks it */ 1, 1, SEM_UNDO /* then increment [1] (proc counter) */ }; static struct sembuf op_unlock[1] = { 2, -1, SEM_UNDO /* decrement [2] (lock) back to 0 */ }; static struct sembuf op_op[1] = { 0, 99, SEM_UNDO /* decrement or increment [0] with undo on exit */ /* the 99 is set to the actual amount to add or subtract (positive or negative) */ }; /**************************************************************************** * Create a semaphore with a specified initial value. * If the semaphore already exists, we don't initialize it (of course). * We return the semaphore ID if all OK, else -1. */ int sem_create(key_t key, int initval) { register int id, semval; union semun { int val; struct semid_ds *buf; ushort *array; } semctl_arg; if (key == IPC_PRIVATE) return(-1); /* not intended for private semaphores */ else if (key == (key_t) -1) return(-1); /* probably an ftok() error by caller */ again: if ( (id = semget(key, 3, 0666 | IPC_CREAT)) < 0) return(-1); /* permission problem or tables full */ /* * When the semaphore is created, we know that the value of all * 3 members is 0. * Get a lock on the semaphore by waiting for [2] to equal 0, * then increment it. * * There is a race condition here. There is a possibility that * between the semget() above and the semop() below, another * process can call our sem_close() function which can remove * the semaphore if that process is the last one using it. * Therefore, we handle the error condition of an invalid * semaphore ID specially below, and if it does happen, we just * go back and create it again. */ if (semop(id, &op_lock[0], 2) < 0) { if (errno == EINVAL) goto again; err_sys("can't lock"); } /* * Get the value of the process counter. If it equals 0, * then no one has initialized the semaphore yet. */ if ( (semval = semctl(id, 1, GETVAL, 0)) < 0) err_sys("can't GETVAL"); if (semval == 0) { /* * We could initialize by doing a SETALL, but that * would clear the adjust value that we set when we * locked the semaphore above. Instead, we'll do 2 * system calls to initialize [0] and [1]. */ semctl_arg.val = initval; if (semctl(id, 0, SETVAL, semctl_arg) < 0) err_sys("can SETVAL[0]"); semctl_arg.val = BIGCOUNT; if (semctl(id, 1, SETVAL, semctl_arg) < 0) err_sys("can SETVAL[1]"); } /* * Decrement the process counter and then release the lock. */ if (semop(id, &op_endcreate[0], 2) < 0) err_sys("can't end create"); return(id); } /**************************************************************************** * Open a semaphore that must already exist. * This function should be used, instead of sem_create(), if the caller * knows that the semaphore must already exist. For example a client * from a client-server pair would use this, if its the server's * responsibility to create the semaphore. * We return the semaphore ID if all OK, else -1. */ int sem_open(key_t key) { register int id; if (key == IPC_PRIVATE) return(-1); /* not intended for private semaphores */ else if (key == (key_t) -1) return(-1); /* probably an ftok() error by caller */ if ( (id = semget(key, 3, 0)) < 0) return(-1); /* doesn't exist, or tables full */ /* * Decrement the process counter. We don't need a lock * to do this. */ if (semop(id, &op_open[0], 1) < 0) err_sys("can't open"); return(id); } /**************************************************************************** * Remove a semaphore. * This call is intended to be called by a server, for example, * when it is being shut down, as we do an IPC_RMID on the semaphore, * regardless whether other processes may be using it or not. * Most other processes should use sem_close() below. */ void sem_rm(int id) { if (semctl(id, 0, IPC_RMID, 0) < 0) err_sys("can't IPC_RMID"); } /**************************************************************************** * Close a semaphore. * Unlike the remove function above, this function is for a process * to call before it exits, when it is done with the semaphore. * We "decrement" the counter of processes using the semaphore, and * if this was the last one, we can remove the semaphore. */ void sem_close(int id) { register int semval; /* * The following semop() first gets a lock on the semaphore, * then increments [1] - the process counter. */ if (semop(id, &op_close[0], 3) < 0) err_sys("can't semop"); /* * Now that we have a lock, read the value of the process * counter to see if this is the last reference to the * semaphore. * There is a race condition here - see the comments in * sem_create(). */ if ( (semval = semctl(id, 1, GETVAL, 0)) < 0) err_sys("can't GETVAL"); if (semval > BIGCOUNT) err_dump("sem[1] > BIGCOUNT"); else if (semval == BIGCOUNT) sem_rm(id); else if (semop(id, &op_unlock[0], 1) < 0) err_sys("can't unlock"); /* unlock */ } /**************************************************************************** * Wait until a semaphore's value is greater than 0, then decrement * it by 1 and return. * Dijkstra's P operation. Tanenbaum's DOWN operation. */ void sem_wait(int id) { sem_op(id, -1); } /**************************************************************************** * Increment a semaphore by 1. * Dijkstra's V operation. Tanenbaum's UP operation. */ void sem_signal(int id) { sem_op(id, 1); } /**************************************************************************** * General semaphore operation. Increment or decrement by a user-specified * amount (positive or negative; amount can't be zero). */ void sem_op(int id, int value) { if ( (op_op[0].sem_op = value) == 0) err_sys("can't have value == 0"); if (semop(id, &op_op[0], 1) < 0) err_sys("sem_op error"); }