* Daniel Eischen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020918 19:16] wrote: > > Yes, but it doesn't change what the spec says above. It's > implying that any process can perform sem_destroy() on it and > the spec also says for sem_init() that "This semaphore shall > remain usable until the semaphore is destroyed.". > > So the sem_init()'ing process can exit and leave the destroying > to one of the other processes that have access to it. > > > Unless I'm missing something here. > > The semaphore remains active until it is destroyed. If you don't > want to track its page, can you hook it into ipcrm(1)?
I don't really have a problem with it unless it's not necessary, I'll see if I can get access to solaris to figure out wth they do. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
