[libdispatch-dev] bad instruction while using semaphore (Mac OS X 10.6.3)

[Jean-Daniel Dupas]

OK, the libdispatch source are clear about this.
But it may be worth documenting the fact that a semaphore MUST NOT be released if the actual count is less then the creation time count ?

Le 27 avr. 2010 à 21:23, Jean-Daniel Dupas a écrit :

> Can someone explain me why I got a "Illegal Instruction" exception when executing the following code (whatever the arch is).
> I'm trying to update code based on mach semaphore, and this is one of my unit test (which works fine with mach semaphore).
> 
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> 
> #include <dispatch/dispatch.h>
> 
> int main(int argc, char **argv) {
> 	dispatch_semaphore_t ds = dispatch_semaphore_create(1);
> 	dispatch_semaphore_wait(ds, DISPATCH_TIME_NOW); // count is 0
> 	dispatch_semaphore_wait(ds, DISPATCH_TIME_NOW); // timeout
> 	dispatch_semaphore_signal(ds); // count is 1
> 	dispatch_semaphore_wait(ds, DISPATCH_TIME_NOW); // count is 0
> 	dispatch_release(ds); // crash
> 	return 0;
> }
> 
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> 
> Thanks
> -- Jean-Daniel
> 
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-- Jean-Daniel




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