Increment a Semaphore

sem_post(3THR)

Prototype:
int	sem_post(sem_t *sem);

#include <semaphore.h>

sem_t sem;
int ret;

ret = sem_post(&sem); /* semaphore is posted */

Use sema_post(3THR) to atomically increment the semaphore pointed to by sem. When any threads are blocked on the semaphore, one of them is unblocked. (For Solaris threads, see "sema_post(3THR)".)

Return Values

sem_post() returns zero after completing successfully. Any other returned value indicates that an error occurred. When the following condition occurs, the function fails and returns the corresponding value.

EINVAL

sem points to an illegal address.