io_setup2

Usage

#include <linux/aio_abi.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>    /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
#include <unistd.h>

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Note: you probably want to use the io_setup(3) wrapper function provided by libaio; see VERSIONS.

The io_setup() system call creates an asynchronous I/O context suitable for concurrently processing n 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. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

Errors

EAGAIN

The specified n exceeds the limit of available events, as defined in /proc/sys/fs/aio-max-nr (see proc_sys_fs(5)).

EFAULT

An invalid pointer is passed for ctx_idp.

EINVAL

*ctx_idp is not initialized to 0.

EINVAL

The specified n exceeds internal limits. n should be greater than 0.

ENOMEM

Insufficient kernel resources are available.

ENOSYS

io_setup() is not implemented on this architecture.

Versions

libaio ⟨https://pagure.io/libaio⟩ provides a wrapper function with the same name, but different prototype and return value. You probably want to use that wrapper.