sema_destroy(3synch)

sema_destroy -- destroy a semaphore

Synopsis

   cc [options] -Kthread file
   
   #include <synch.h>
   

   int sema_destroy(sema_t *sema);

Description

sema_destroy destroys the semaphore pointed to by sema. This includes invalidating sema and freeing any associated dynamically allocated resources.

Parameters

sema: pointer to the semaphore to destroy

sema parameter

sema must have been previously initialized, either by sema_init or statically (see sema_init(3synch)).

Return values

sema_destroy returns zero for success and an error number for failure.

Errors

If any of the following conditions is detected, sema_destroy returns the corresponding value:

EBUSY: sema still has threads waiting
EINVAL: invalid argument specified

References

Intro(3synch), semaphore(3synch), sema_init(3synch), sema_post(3synch), sema_trywait(3synch), sema_wait(3synch)