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Name

io_setup - create an asynchronous I/O context

Synopsis


#include <linux/aio_abi.h>          /* Defines needed types */int io_setup(unsigned
nr_events, aio_context_t *ctx_idp);

Note: There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.

Description

The io_setup() system call creates an asynchronous I/O context suitable for concurrently processing nr_events operations. The ctx_idp argument must not point to an AIO context that already exists, and must be initialized to 0 prior to the call. On successful creation of the AIO context, *ctx_idp is filled in with the resulting handle.

Return Value

On success, io_setup() returns 0. For the failure return, see NOTES.

Errors

EAGAIN
The specified nr_events exceeds the user’s limit of available events, as defined in /proc/sys/fs/aio-max-nr.
EFAULT
An invalid pointer is passed for ctx_idp.
EINVAL
ctx_idp is not initialized, or the specified nr_events exceeds internal limits. nr_events should be greater than 0.
ENOMEM
Insufficient kernel resources are available.
ENOSYS
io_setup() is not implemented on this architecture.

Versions

The asynchronous I/O system calls first appeared in Linux 2.5.

Conforming to

io_setup() is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs that are intended to be portable.

Notes

Glibc does not provide a wrapper function for this system call. You could invoke it using syscall(2) . But instead, you probably want to use the io_setup() wrapper function provided by libaio.

Note that the libaio wrapper function uses a different type (io_context_t *) for the ctx_idp argument. Note also that the libaio wrapper does not follow the usual C library conventions for indicating errors: on error it returns a negated error number (the negative of one of the values listed in ERRORS). If the system call is invoked via syscall(2) , then the return value follows the usual conventions for indicating an error: -1, with errno set to a (positive) value that indicates the error.

See Also

io_cancel(2) , io_destroy(2) , io_getevents(2) , io_submit(2) , aio(7)

Colophon

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