int sem_get(key_t key, int num_sems, int sem_flags)
key_t是一个long或者int型(看你是64位还是32位),为了便于移植才写成key_t的。和c中的size_t一样(你可以在usr/include/sys/types.h看到size_t的定义)
为了增加程序的可移植性,才没有在程序中硬性声明为long型或是int型,而是用了一个key_t。和C中的size_t和time_t的原理一样,它只指名了这是一个整数类型,至于是哪种整数类型,应该由具体的实现来决定。
下面是crtdefs.h中的一段代码:
#ifndef _TIME32_T_DEFINED
typedef _W64 long __time32_t; /* 32-bit time value */
#define _TIME32_T_DEFINED
#endif
#ifndef _TIME64_T_DEFINED
#if _INTEGRAL_MAX_BITS >= 64
typedef __int64 __time64_t; /* 64-bit time value */
#endif
#define _TIME64_T_DEFINED
#endif
#ifndef _TIME_T_DEFINED
#ifdef _USE_32BIT_TIME_T
typedef __time32_t time_t; /* time value */
#else
typedef __time64_t time_t; /* time value */
#endif
#define _TIME_T_DEFINED /* avoid multiple def's of time_t */
#endif
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参考资料:http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=key_t
key_t
Defined as a type in:
include/linux/types.h, line 23
14 typedef __kernel_fd_set fd_set;
15 typedef __kernel_dev_t dev_t;
16 typedef __kernel_ino_t ino_t;
17 typedef __kernel_mode_t mode_t;
18 typedef unsigned short umode_t;
19 typedef __u32 nlink_t;
20 typedef __kernel_off_t off_t;
21 typedef __kernel_pid_t pid_t;
22 typedef __kernel_daddr_t daddr_t;
<span style="color:#FF0000;">23 typedef __kernel_key_t key_t;</span>
24 typedef __kernel_suseconds_t suseconds_t;
25 typedef __kernel_timer_t timer_t;
26 typedef __kernel_clockid_t clockid_t;
27 typedef __kernel_mqd_t mqd_t;
__kernel_key_t
Defined as a type in:
include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h, line 32
31 /* Type of a SYSV IPC key. */
<span style="color:#FF0000;">32 typedef int __kernel_key_t;</span>
33 typedef int __kernel_mqd_t;
总结: ket_t变量是一个和操作系统密切相关的内核变量,它的取值和操作系统的总线数有关,函数semget中利用此变量强制转换,可以实现程序的可移植性。