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aio_suspend(3) Library Functions Manualaio_suspend(3)aio_suspend - wait for asynchronous I/O operation or timeout
Real-time library (librt,-lrt)
#include <aio.h>int aio_suspend(int n;const struct aiocb *constaiocb_list[n], intn,const struct timespec *restricttimeout);
Theaio_suspend() function suspends the calling thread until one of the following occurs: • One or more of the asynchronous I/O requests in the listaiocb_list has completed. • A signal is delivered. •timeout is not NULL and the specified time interval has passed. (For details of thetimespec structure, seenanosleep(2).) Then argument specifies the number of items inaiocb_list. Each item in the list pointed to byaiocb_list must be either NULL (and then is ignored), or a pointer to a control block on which I/O was initiated usingaio_read(3),aio_write(3), orlio_listio(3). (Seeaio(7) for a description of theaiocb structure.) IfCLOCK_MONOTONICis supported, this clock is used to measure the timeout interval (seeclock_gettime(2)).
If this function returns after completion of one of the I/O requests specified inaiocb_list, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned, anderrno is set to indicate the error.
EAGAINThe call timed out before any of the indicated operations had completed.EINTRThe call was ended by signal (possibly the completion signal of one of the operations we were waiting for); seesignal(7).ENOSYS aio_suspend() is not implemented.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │aio_suspend() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2008.
glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001. POSIX doesn't specify the parameters to berestrict; that is specific to glibc.
One can achieve polling by using a non-NULLtimeout that specifies a zero time interval. If one or more of the asynchronous I/O operations specified inaiocb_list has already completed at the time of the call toaio_suspend(), then the call returns immediately. To determine which I/O operations have completed after a successful return fromaio_suspend(), useaio_error(3) to scan the list ofaiocb structures pointed to byaiocb_list.
The glibc implementation ofaio_suspend() is not async-signal- safe, in violation of the requirements of POSIX.1.
aio_cancel(3),aio_error(3),aio_fsync(3),aio_read(3),aio_return(3),aio_write(3),lio_listio(3),aio(7),time(7)
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