newary(9)

💖 newary(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

newary — Create a new semaphore set ✨

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

int newary (struct ipc_namespace *ns , struct ipc_params *params );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• ns — namespace 🌌
• params — ptr to the structure that contains key, semflg and nsems 🗂️

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so bestie, the whole vibe here is short: it’s called with sem_ids.rwsem held (as a writer). That’s the whole description, no cap 😭

🚨 heads up: “held (as a writer)” is part of the deal, not decoration.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./ipc/sem.c 👀

• unmerge_queues(9)
• merge_queues(9)
• wake_const_ops(9)
• do_smart_wakeup_zero(9)
• update_queue(9)
• set_semotime(9)
• do_smart_update(9)
• find_alloc_undo(9)

🫶 source/version: ./ipc · date: October 2026 · page: newary(9) — byeee 💅