Where the SEM_NSEMS_MAX is defined?

Neil freeordie.k@gmail.com
Thu Feb 2 08:06:00 GMT 2012


Hi All,

When I read sem_init manual in  POSIX specification, there is a return
value ENOSPC, which means

 [ENOSPC] A resource required to initialize the semaphore has been
exhausted, or the
        limit on semaphores ({SEM_NSEMS_MAX}) has been reached.

But in nptl/sem_init.c, __new_sem_init() doesn't check the resource
limits. Why it doesn't check and why the implement doesn't in
according with POSIX spec?

And who should define the const SEM_NSEMS_MAX on linux, kernel or libc?

Thanks a lot.

--
Regards,
Neil



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