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io_uring_prep_send_zc(3) liburing Manualio_uring_prep_send_zc(3)io_uring_prep_send_zc - prepare a zerocopy send request
#include <liburing.h>void io_uring_prep_send_zc(struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,intsockfd,const void *buf,size_tlen,intflags,unsignedzc_flags);void io_uring_prep_send_zc_fixed(struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,intsockfd,const void *buf,size_tlen,intflags,unsignedzc_flags);unsignedbuf_index);
Theio_uring_prep_send_zc(3) function prepares a zerocopy send request. The submission queue entrysqe is setup to use the file descriptorsockfd to start sending the data frombuf of sizelen bytes with send modifier flagsflags and zerocopy modifier flagszc_flags. Theio_uring_prep_send_zc_fixed(3) works just likeio_uring_prep_send_zc(3) except it requires the use of buffers that have been registered withio_uring_register_buffers(3). Thebuf andlen arguments must fall within a region specified bybuf_index in the previously registered buffer. The buffer need not be aligned with the start of the registered buffer. Seeio_uring_prep_send(3) for a description of flags that can be set in the SQEioprio field. In addition to those, the zero-copy send also supports settingIORING_SEND_ZC_REPORT_USAGE .If set, the notification CQEres field will report the number of bytes that were copied rather than sent with zero copy. A value of0 indicates success. If the value isIORING_NOTIF_USAGE_ZC_COPIED , then data was copied. Note that usingIOSQE_IO_LINKwith this request type requires the setting ofMSG_WAITALLin theflags argument, as a short send isn't considered an error condition without that being set. These functions prepare an async zerocopysend(2) request. See that man page for details. For details on the zerocopy nature of it, seeio_uring_enter(2).
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The CQEres field will contain the result of the operation. See the related man page for details on possible values. Note that where synchronous system calls will return-1on failure and seterrno to the actual error value, io_uring never useserrno. Instead it returns the negatederrno directly in the CQEres field.
io_uring_get_sqe(3),io_uring_submit(3),io_uring_prep_send(3),io_uring_enter(2),send(2)
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