this is a Linux-specific extension to the sysv semaphore api.
#define IPCOP_semop 1
#define IPCOP_semget 2
#define IPCOP_semctl 3
+#define IPCOP_semtimedop 4
#define IPCOP_msgsnd 11
#define IPCOP_msgrcv 12
#define IPCOP_msgget 13
--- /dev/null
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sys/sem.h>
+#include "syscall.h"
+#include "ipc.h"
+
+int semtimedop(int id, struct sembuf *buf, size_t n, const struct timespec *ts)
+{
+#ifdef SYS_semop
+ return syscall(SYS_semtimedop, id, buf, n, ts);
+#else
+ return syscall(SYS_ipc, IPCOP_semtimedop, id, n, 0, buf, ts);
+#endif
+}