io_uring_prep_msg_ring_fd(3) liburing Manualio_uring_prep_msg_ring_fd(3)io_uring_prep_msg_ring_fd - send a direct descriptor to another ring
#include <liburing.h>void io_uring_prep_msg_ring_fd(struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,intfd,intsource_fd,inttarget_fd,__u64data,unsigned intflags);void io_uring_prep_msg_ring_fd_alloc(struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,intfd,intsource_fd,__u64data,unsigned intflags);
io_uring_prep_msg_ring_fd(3) prepares an SQE to send a direct file descriptor to another ring. The submission queue entrysqe is setup to use the file descriptorfd, which must identify a target io_uring context, to send the locally registered file descriptor with valuesource_fd to the destination ring into indextarget_fd and passingdata as the user data in the target CQE with the request modifier flags set byflags. Currently there are no valid flag modifiers, this field must contain0.io_uring_prep_msg_ring_fd_alloc(3) is similar toio_uring_prep_msg_ring_fd(3), but doesn't specify a target index for the direct descriptor. Instead, this index is allocated in the target ring and returned in the CQEres field.
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These are the errors that are reported in the CQEres field.-ENOMEM The kernel was unable to allocate memory for the request.-EINVAL One of the fields set in the SQE was invalid.-EINVAL Target ring is identical to the source ring.-EBADFD The descriptor passed infd does not refer to an io_uring file descriptor, or the ring is in a disabled state.-EOVERFLOW The kernel was unable to fill a CQE on the target ring. This can happen if the target CQ ring is in an overflow state and the kernel wasn't able to allocate memory for a new CQE entry.-ENFILE The direct descriptor table in the target ring was full, no new descriptors could be successfully allocated.
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