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IO_GETEVENTS(2) Linux Programmer's Manual IO_GETEVENTS(2)
NAME
io_getevents - read asynchronous I/O events from the completion queue
SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/aio_abi.h> /* Defines needed types */
#include <linux/time.h> /* Defines 'struct timespec' */
int io_getevents(aio_context_t ctx_id, long min_nr, long nr,
struct io_event *events, struct timespec *timeout);
Note: There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
DESCRIPTION
The io_getevents() system call attempts to read at least min_nr events and up to nr events
from the completion queue of the AIO context specified by ctx_id. The timeout argument
specifies the amount of time to wait for events, where a NULL timeout waits until at least
min_nr events have been seen. Note that timeout is relative.
RETURN VALUE
On success, io_getevents() returns the number of events read: 0 if no events are avail‐
able, or less than min_nr if the timeout has elapsed. For the failure return, see NOTES.
ERRORS
EFAULT Either events or timeout is an invalid pointer.
EINVAL ctx_id is invalid. min_nr is out of range or nr is out of range.
EINTR Interrupted by a signal handler; see signal(7).
ENOSYS io_getevents() is not implemented on this architecture.
VERSIONS
The asynchronous I/O system calls first appeared in Linux 2.5.
CONFORMING TO
io_getevents() 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_getevents() wrapper function
provided by libaio.
Note that the libaio wrapper function uses a different type (io_context_t) for the ctx_id
argument. Note also that the libaio wrapper does not follow the usual C library conven‐
tions 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.
BUGS
An invalid ctx_id may cause a segmentation fault instead of generating the error EINVAL.
SEE ALSO
io_cancel(2), io_destroy(2), io_setup(2), io_submit(2), aio(7), time(7)
COLOPHON
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Linux 2013-04-08 IO_GETEVENTS(2)
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