HP-UX semop 32 vs 64 bit

[Tan, Wei-Chong]

Hi,

I am developing a multi task (fork) program that uses semaphore to prevent concurrent access on some resources. On a 32 bit compilation, the process can obtain the semaphore on semop() but on a 64 bit compilation of the same code base, semop() would either "hang" there waiting forever or if IPC_NOWAIT is specified, it will return with EAGAIN.
Is there something I need to do when compile under +DD64 for semop()? semget() and semctl() correctly obtain and release the semaphore though, as can be seen using ipcs -s.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

Yours truly,
Wei-Chong.

[Laurent Menase · Accepted solution]

This is usually due to a bad arg in semctl
The arg of semctl must be defined as an union, not a plain int:

union semun {
int val;
struct semid_ds *buf;
ushort *array;
} arg;

semctl(semid, 0, SETVAL, arg)

[harry d brown jr]

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