sem_trywait returns EAGAIN (rather than returning -1 and setting errno)

Mon Mar 4 08:06:00 GMT 2002

Andrew T. Schnable [mailto:schnable@enteract.com] wrote:
> I think all the sem_* functions are broken similarly. [ ... ]

I just came across this myself while working on enabling
Cygwin Python threads. You may find the following function
helpful:
static int
fix_status(int status)
{
	return (status == -1) ? errno : status;
}
I defined it as a routine rather than a macro so that you
can use it on a single line without mistakenly calling
the function twice. E.g.,
	status = fix_status(sem_wait(thelock));
This should work for any function that returns 0 for success
and -1 for failure (putting the error code in errno), since
0 is never a legal errno code. You may find it useful if you
are using pthreads and semaphore code at the same time and
want the return codes to work the same.
-Jerry
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