sem_unlink在man手册里有这么一段话:
sem_unlink() removes the named semaphore referred to by name.
The semaphore name is removed immediately. The semaphore is
destroyed once all other processes that have the semaphore open close it.
这段话的意思是说,sem_unlink会马上删除指定的信号量名,但要等到所有打开该信号量的进程关闭该信号量后才删除该信号。详细地说,当进程创建一个有名信号量,会在/dev/shm下生成一个sem.xxx的文件,所有打开该信号量的进程(包括创建它的进程)都会增加该文件的引用计数,并且这个计数由内核管理。当调用sem_unlink时,/dev/shm下的sem.xxx文件会马上被删除,但是信号量本身并没有被删除,所有已打开该信号量的进程仍能正常使用它。直到所有打开该信号量的进程关闭该信号量后,内核才真正删除信号量。
因此,信号量跟sem.xxx并不是共存亡的。下面来测试下:
/* sem_create.cpp */
#include <iostream>
#include <fcntl.h> /* For O_* constants */
#include <sys/stat.h> /* For mode constants */
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cstring>
int main()
{
sem_t *psem = sem_open( "/sem_test",O_CREAT,S_IRWXU,1 );
if ( SEM_FAILED == psem )
{
std::cout << "sem_open fail:" << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
return 0;
}
int sval = 0;
sem_getvalue( psem,&sval );
std::cout << "sleep now ....value is " << sval << std::endl;
sleep( 30 );
sem_getvalue( psem,&sval );
std::cout << "wake up ....value is " << sval << std::endl;
sem_post( psem );
sem_getvalue( psem,&sval );
std::cout << "raise value and try again ....value is " << sval << std::endl;
sem_close( psem );
}
/**
*
* sem_destruct.cpp
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <fcntl.h> /* For O_* constants */
#include <sys/stat.h> /* For mode constants */
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cstring>
int main()
{
sem_t *psem = sem_open( "/sem_test",O_CREAT,S_IRWXU,1 );
if ( SEM_FAILED == psem )
{
std::cout << "sem_open fail:" << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
return 0;
}
std::cout << "decrease value and remove sem now..." << std::endl;
sem_wait ( psem );
sem_close( psem );
sem_unlink( "/sem_test" );
std::cout << "sem should remove from /dev/shm,but not really remove" << std::endl;
}
分别编译上面的文件:
g++ -pthread -o sem_create sem_create.cpp
g++ -pthread -o sem_destruct sem_destruct.cpp
先运行sem_create,再运行sem_destruct这时个可以看到输出为:
xzc@xzc-HP-ProBook-4446s:~/code/sem$ ./sem_create
sleep now ....value is 1
xzc@xzc-HP-ProBook-4446s:~/code/sem$ ./sem_destruct
decrease value and remove sem now...
sem should remove from /dev/shm,but not really remove
wake up ....value is 0
raise value and try again ....value is 1
可以看到,即使sem_destruct从/dev/shm把信号量删除了,ls /dev/shm也确认对应的文件删除了。但是经过sleep的sem_create进程在wake up后仍能对信号量进行操作。
可以看到,有名信号量一旦打开后,跟名字并没有多大关系。下面再来测试有名信号量调用sem_unlink但仍有进程在使用,这时另外一个进程又要创建同名信号量的情况
/**
*
* sem_again.cpp
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <fcntl.h> /* For O_* constants */
#include <sys/stat.h> /* For mode constants */
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cstring>
int main()
{
sem_t *psem = sem_open( "/sem_test",O_CREAT|O_EXCL,S_IRWXU,1 );
if ( SEM_FAILED == psem )
{
std::cout << "sem_open fail:" << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
return 0;
}
int sval = 0;
sem_getvalue( psem,&sval );
//std::cout << "sleep now ....value is " << sval << std::endl;
//sleep( 30 );
sem_getvalue( psem,&sval );
std::cout << "value is " << sval << std::endl;
sem_post( psem );
sem_getvalue( psem,&sval );
std::cout << "raise value and try again ....value is " << sval << std::endl;
sem_close( psem );
sem_unlink( "/sem_test" );
}
编译一下:g++ -pthread -o sem_again sem_again.cpp,然后依次运行sem_create、sem_destruct、sem_again
xzc@xzc-HP-ProBook-4446s:~/code/sem$ ./sem_create
sleep now ....value is 1
xzc@xzc-HP-ProBook-4446s:~/code/sem$ ./sem_destruct
decrease value and remove sem now...
sem should remove from /dev/shm,but not really remove
xzc@xzc-HP-ProBook-4446s:~/code/sem$ ./sem_again
value is 1
raise value and try again ....value is 2
wake up ....value is 0
raise value and try again ....value is 1
在sem_again中特意使用了O_CREATE|O_EXCL标志,如果已存在同名信号量,则创建失败。但从上面的结果来看,创建成功并且互不干扰。也就是说,一个有名信号量,在打开并调用sem_unlink后可以当作无名信号量来使用(但这时新的进程还想使用该信号量,不可能了)。
注:上面只做了简单测试,并未测试sem_unlink后各进程的竞争情况,在生产环境请自行测试。
PS:在debian 6上,不用unistd.h也能调用sleep函数,在ubuntu 14.04上不行。在debian 6上是链接的库是-lrt,在ubuntu 14.04上是-pthread,-lrt不行。linux这是要闹哪样。