Can semaphore be released/cleared from other process ?

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From: Ernst Kloecker
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 19:50

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Hi,

in a multi-tasking application I am implementing at the moment I want to
use semaphores to protect critical regions. What happens if a process hangs
or dies during execution of the critical region ? Can I release/clear this
semaphore from another process (watchdog) to avoid a deadlock ? Does
OS/2 provide any mechanism for this situation ?

This question applies to both OS/2 1.3 and OS/2 2.0, because I cannot
move to OS/2 2.0 right now.

Thanks for any info, Ernst.

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