To avoid multiple initializations sem_init checks if the semaphore is already initialized and will return EBUSY in that case.
The check is done via IsBadWritePtr which will trigger a SEGV if the pointer is invalid and not NULL.
The SEGV is handled internally and will not cause the program to stop.
Thomas
Oreste Bernardi wrote:
I installed
gdb 20020718-1.
I tried again and I see same behavior.
By the way, is gdb 20020718-1 experimental version or stable version ?
Oreste
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Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:03 PM
Subject: RE: SIGSEGV when called sem_init() with gdb.
Rerun setup and update your gdb. If that doesn't help, let the list know.
Larry
Original Message:
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From: Oreste Bernardi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:01:16 +0100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SIGSEGV when called sem_init() with gdb.
Dear, all
#include <semaphore.h>
int main () {
int p;
sem_t sem;
int i=0,d;
//sem=(sem_t)NULL; //With this There isn't any problem
sem_init (&sem,0,1);
sem_post (&sem);
sem_wait(&sem);
return i;
}
cygwin 1.3.17-1
gcc 3.2-3
gdb 20010428-3
When executing this source code with gdb I get an SIGSEGV signal when
sem_init() function is called.
If I continue on, program works fine.
If program is not executed from gdb, it works without any error.
If I initialize it with NULL, I don't get any error.
I think that is the same behavior as described by following mail:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-10/msg00956.html
Is this true ?
To avoid annoying gdb error message, is my solution ("sem=(sem_t)NULL")
reliable and portable ?
Best Regards
Oreste Bernardi
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