There are two types of semaphore on unix system:
-- System V信号量(命名信号量)
#include <sys/sem.h>
int semctl(int sem_id, int sem_num, int command, ...);
int semget(key_t key, int num_sems, int sem_flags);
int semop(int sem_id, struct sembuf *sem_ops, size_t num_sem_ops);
-- POSIX无名信号量
int sem_init(sem_t *sem, int pshared, unsigned int value);
int sem_wait(sem_t * sem);
int sem_trywait(sem_t * sem);
int sem_post(sem_t * sem);
int sem_getvalue(sem_t * sem, int * sval);
int sem_destroy(sem_t * sem);
无名信号量不能用在进程间通信, 命名信号量可以用在进程间通信。
-- Sample program of POXIS semaphore --
#include <pthread.h>
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int data;
sem_t sem;
void *HandleDataWrite(void *args)
{
while(true)
{
sleep(2);
sem_post(&sem);
data=100;
}
return NULL;
}
void *HandleDataRead(void *args)
{
while(true)
{
sleep(3);
sem_wait(&sem);
printf("Data=%d/n",data);
}
return NULL;
}
int main(void){
pthread_t tread,twrite;
sem_init(&sem,true,0);
pthread_create(&tread,NULL,HandleDataRead,NULL);
pthread_create(&twrite,NULL,HandleDataWrite,NULL);
pthread_join(tread,NULL);
pthread_join(twrite,NULL);
}