csci4061/notes/10-ipc-code/semdemo.c
Michael Zhang 041f660ccd
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2018-01-29 17:28:37 -06:00

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/*
** semdemo.c -- demonstrates semaphore use as a file locking mechanism
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/sem.h>
#define MAX_RETRIES 10
union semun {
int val;
struct semid_ds *buf;
ushort *array;
};
/*
** initsem() -- more-than-inspired by W. Richard Stevens' UNIX Network
** Programming 2nd edition, volume 2, lockvsem.c, page 295.
*/
int initsem(key_t key, int nsems) /* key from ftok() */
{
int i;
union semun arg;
struct semid_ds buf;
struct sembuf sb;
int semid;
semid = semget(key, nsems, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | 0666);
if (semid >= 0) { /* we got it first */
sb.sem_op = 1; sb.sem_flg = 0;
arg.val = 1;
printf("press return\n"); getchar();
for(sb.sem_num = 0; sb.sem_num < nsems; sb.sem_num++) {
/* do a semop() to "free" the semaphores. */
/* this sets the sem_otime field, as needed below. */
if (semop(semid, &sb, 1) == -1) {
int e = errno;
semctl(semid, 0, IPC_RMID); /* clean up */
errno = e;
return -1; /* error, check errno */
}
}
} else if (errno == EEXIST) { /* someone else got it first */
int ready = 0;
semid = semget(key, nsems, 0); /* get the id */
if (semid < 0) return semid; /* error, check errno */
/* wait for other process to initialize the semaphore: */
arg.buf = &buf;
for(i = 0; i < MAX_RETRIES && !ready; i++) {
semctl(semid, nsems-1, IPC_STAT, arg);
if (arg.buf->sem_otime != 0) {
ready = 1;
} else {
sleep(1);
}
}
if (!ready) {
errno = ETIME;
return -1;
}
} else {
return semid; /* error, check errno */
}
return semid;
}
int main(void)
{
key_t key;
int semid;
struct sembuf sb;
sb.sem_num = 0;
sb.sem_op = -1; /* set to allocate resource */
sb.sem_flg = SEM_UNDO;
if ((key = ftok("semdemo.c", 'J')) == -1) {
perror("ftok");
exit(1);
}
/* grab the semaphore set created by seminit.c: */
if ((semid = initsem(key, 1)) == -1) {
perror("initsem");
exit(1);
}
printf("Press return to lock: ");
getchar();
printf("Trying to lock...\n");
if (semop(semid, &sb, 1) == -1) {
perror("semop");
exit(1);
}
printf("Locked.\n");
printf("Press return to unlock: ");
getchar();
sb.sem_op = 1; /* free resource */
if (semop(semid, &sb, 1) == -1) {
perror("semop");
exit(1);
}
printf("Unlocked\n");
return 0;
}