SDL_WaitSemaphoreTimeout - Man Page

#include <SDL3/SDL_mutex.h>

bool SDL_WaitSemaphoreTimeout(SDL_Semaphore *sem, Sint32 timeoutMS);

This function suspends the calling thread until either the semaphore pointed to by sem has a positive value or the specified time has elapsed. If the call is successful it will atomically decrement the semaphore value.

sem

the semaphore to wait on.

timeoutMS

the length of the timeout, in milliseconds, or -1 to wait indefinitely.

Returns true if the wait succeeds or false if the wait times out.

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SDL_SignalSemaphore(3), SDL_TryWaitSemaphore(3), SDL_WaitSemaphore(3)

SDL_CreateSemaphore(3), SDL_SignalSemaphore(3), SDL_TryWaitSemaphore(3), SDL_WaitSemaphore(3).