AIO_SUSPEND
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2017-09-15
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NAME
aio_suspend - wait for asynchronous I/O operation or timeout
 
SYNOPSIS
#include <aio.h>
int aio_suspend(const struct aiocb * const aiocb_list[],
                int nitems, const struct timespec *timeout);
Link with -lrt.
 
DESCRIPTION
The
aio_suspend()
function suspends the calling thread until one of the following occurs:
- *
 - 
One or more of the asynchronous I/O requests in the list
aiocb_list
has completed.
 - *
 - 
A signal is delivered.
 - *
 - 
timeout
is not NULL and the specified time interval has passed.
(For details of the
timespec
structure, see
nanosleep(2).)
 
The
nitems
argument specifies the number of items in
aiocb_list.
Each item in the list pointed to by
aiocb_list
must be either NULL (and then is ignored),
or a pointer to a control block on which I/O was initiated using
aio_read(3),
aio_write(3),
or
lio_listio(3).
(See
aio(7)
for a description of the
aiocb
structure.)
If
CLOCK_MONOTONIC
is supported, this clock is used to measure
the timeout interval (see
clock_gettime(3)).
 
RETURN VALUE
If this function returns after completion of one of the I/O
requests specified in
aiocb_list,
0 is returned.
Otherwise, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set to indicate the error.
 
ERRORS
- EAGAIN
 - 
The call timed out before any of the indicated operations
had completed.
 - EINTR
 - 
The call was ended by signal
(possibly the completion signal of one of the operations we were
waiting for); see
signal(7).
 - ENOSYS
 - 
aio_suspend()
is not implemented.
 
 
VERSIONS
The
aio_suspend()
function is available since glibc 2.1.
 
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
  | 
| 
aio_suspend()
 | Thread safety | MT-Safe
  | 
 
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
 
NOTES
One can achieve polling by using a non-NULL
timeout
that specifies a zero time interval.
If one or more of the asynchronous I/O operations specified in
aiocb_list
has already completed at the time of the call to
aio_suspend(),
then the call returns immediately.
To determine which I/O operations have completed
after a successful return from
aio_suspend(),
use
aio_error(3)
to scan the list of
aiocb
structures pointed to by
aiocb_list.
 
BUGS
The glibc implementation of
aio_suspend()
is not async-signal-safe,
in violation of the requirements of POSIX.1.
 
SEE ALSO
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)
 
COLOPHON
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 - SYNOPSIS
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 - RETURN VALUE
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 - ERRORS
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 - VERSIONS
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 - ATTRIBUTES
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 - CONFORMING TO
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 - NOTES
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 - BUGS
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 - SEE ALSO
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 - COLOPHON
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