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AIO_SUSPEND(3)            Linux Programmer's Manual           AIO_SUSPEND(3)

NAME         top

       aio_suspend - wait for asynchronous I/O operation or timeout

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <aio.h>
       int aio_suspend(const struct aiocb * const aiocb_list[],
                       int nitems, const struct timespec *timeout);
       Link with -lrt.

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       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         top

       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         top

       The aio_suspend() function is available since glibc 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface     Attribute     Value   │
       ├──────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │aio_suspend() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES         top

       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         top

       The glibc implementation of aio_suspend() is not async-signal-safe,
       in violation of the requirements of POSIX.1.

SEE ALSO         top

       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         top

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       latest version of this page, can be found at
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
                                 2017-03-13                   AIO_SUSPEND(3)

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