aio_return(3)

aio_return3

Get return status of asynchronous i/o operation

Usage

#include <aio.h>

ssize_t aio_return(struct aiocb *aiocbp);

Library

Real-time library (librt, -lrt)

Overview

The aio_return() function returns the final return status for the asynchronous I/O request with control block pointed to by aiocbp. (See aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure.)

This function should be called only once for any given request, after aio_error(3) returns something other than EINPROGRESS.

Return value

If the asynchronous I/O operation has completed, this function returns the value that would have been returned in case of a synchronous read(2), write(2), fsync(2), or fdatasync(2), call. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

If the asynchronous I/O operation has not yet completed, the return value and effect of aio_return() are undefined.

Errors

EINVAL

aiocbp does not point at a control block for an asynchronous I/O request of which the return status has not been retrieved yet.

ENOSYS

aio_return() is not implemented.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue
aio_return()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Examples

See aio(7).

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 11 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
  12. Arch

Standards

POSIX.1-2008.

History

glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.