le_semaphore.h File Reference

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Typedefs
typedef struct le_sem_t *	le_sem_Ref_t

Functions
le_sem_Ref_t	le_sem_Create (const char *name, int32_t initialCount)
void	le_sem_Delete (le_sem_Ref_t semaphorePtr)
le_sem_Ref_t	le_sem_FindSemaphore (const char *name)
void	le_sem_Wait (le_sem_Ref_t semaphorePtr)
le_result_t	le_sem_TryWait (le_sem_Ref_t semaphorePtr)
le_result_t	le_sem_WaitWithTimeOut (le_sem_Ref_t semaphorePtr, le_clk_Time_t timeToWait)
void	le_sem_Post (le_sem_Ref_t semaphorePtr)
int	le_sem_GetValue (le_sem_Ref_t semaphorePtr)

Detailed Description

Legato Semaphore API include file.

Copyright (C) Sierra Wireless Inc. Use of this work is subject to license.

Typedef Documentation

typedef struct le_sem_t* le_sem_Ref_t

Reference to Semaphore structure.

Function Documentation

le_sem_Ref_t le_sem_Create	(	const char *	name,
		int32_t	initialCount
	)

Create a semaphore shared by threads within the same process.

Note

Terminates the process on failure, no need to check the return value for errors.

Parameters

[in]	name	Name of the semaphore.
[in]	initialCount	Initial number of semaphore.

void le_sem_Delete

(

le_sem_Ref_t

semaphorePtr

)

Delete a semaphore.

Parameters

[in]

semaphorePtr

Pointer to the semaphore.

le_sem_Ref_t le_sem_FindSemaphore

(

const char *

name

)

Finds a specified semaphore's name.

Returns

Reference to the semaphore, or NULL if the semaphore doesn't exist.

Parameters

[in]

name

Name of the semaphore.

int le_sem_GetValue

(

le_sem_Ref_t

semaphorePtr

)

Get the value of a semaphore.

Returns

value of the semaphore

Parameters

[in]

semaphorePtr

Pointer to the semaphore.

void le_sem_Post

(

le_sem_Ref_t

semaphorePtr

)

Post a semaphore.

Returns

Nothing.

Parameters

[in]

semaphorePtr

Pointer to the semaphore.

le_result_t le_sem_TryWait

(

le_sem_Ref_t

semaphorePtr

)

Try to wait for a semaphore.

It's the same as le_sem_Wait, except if it can't be immediately performed, then returns an LE_WOULD_BLOCK instead of blocking it.

Returns

Upon successful completion, returns LE_OK (0), otherwise it returns LE_WOULD_BLOCK as the call would block if it was a blocking call.

Parameters

[in]

semaphorePtr

Pointer to the semaphore.

void le_sem_Wait

(

le_sem_Ref_t

semaphorePtr

)

Wait for a semaphore.

Returns

Nothing.

Parameters

[in]

semaphorePtr

Pointer to the semaphore.

le_result_t le_sem_WaitWithTimeOut	(	le_sem_Ref_t	semaphorePtr,
		le_clk_Time_t	timeToWait
	)

Wait for a semaphore with a limit on how long to wait.

Returns

• LE_OK The function succeed
• LE_TIMEOUT timeToWait elapsed

Note

When LE_TIMEOUT occurs the semaphore is not decremented.

Parameters

[in]	semaphorePtr	Pointer to the semaphore.
[in]	timeToWait	Time to wait