pg_sema.h

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * pg_sema.h
 *    Platform-independent API for semaphores.
 *
 * PostgreSQL requires counting semaphores (the kind that keep track of
 * multiple unlock operations, and will allow an equal number of subsequent
 * lock operations before blocking).  The underlying implementation is
 * not the same on every platform.  This file defines the API that must
 * be provided by each port.
 *
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * src/include/storage/pg_sema.h
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#ifndef PG_SEMA_H
#define PG_SEMA_H
 
/*
 * struct PGSemaphoreData and pointer type PGSemaphore are the data structure
 * representing an individual semaphore.  The contents of PGSemaphoreData vary
 * across implementations and must never be touched by platform-independent
 * code; hence, PGSemaphoreData is declared as an opaque struct here.
 *
 * However, Windows is sufficiently unlike our other ports that it doesn't
 * seem worth insisting on ABI compatibility for Windows too.  Hence, on
 * that platform just define PGSemaphore as HANDLE.
 */
#ifndef USE_WIN32_SEMAPHORES
typedef struct PGSemaphoreData *PGSemaphore;
#else
typedef HANDLE PGSemaphore;
#endif
 
 
/* Request shared memory needed for semaphores */
extern void PGSemaphoreShmemRequest(int maxSemas);
 
/* Module initialization (called during postmaster start or shmem reinit) */
extern void PGSemaphoreInit(int maxSemas);
 
/* Allocate a PGSemaphore structure with initial count 1 */
extern PGSemaphore PGSemaphoreCreate(void);
 
/* Reset a previously-initialized PGSemaphore to have count 0 */
extern void PGSemaphoreReset(PGSemaphore sema);
 
/* Lock a semaphore (decrement count), blocking if count would be < 0 */
extern void PGSemaphoreLock(PGSemaphore sema);
 
/* Unlock a semaphore (increment count) */
extern void PGSemaphoreUnlock(PGSemaphore sema);
 
/* Lock a semaphore only if able to do so without blocking */
extern bool PGSemaphoreTryLock(PGSemaphore sema);
 
#endif                          /* PG_SEMA_H */