sctp_generic_recvmsg(2)

sctp_generic_recvmsg2

Receive data from a peer

Usage

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <sys/socket.h>

#include <netinet/sctp.h>

int

sctp_generic_recvmsg(int s, struct iovec *iov, int iovlen, struct sockaddr *from, socklen_t *fromlen, struct sctp_sndrcvinfo *sinfo, int *msgflags);

Library

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

Overview

sctp_generic_recvmsg() is the true system call used by the sctp_recvmsg(3) function call. This call is more efficient since it is a true system call but it is specific to FreeBSD and can be expected not to be present on any other operating system. For detailed usage please see the sctp_recvmsg(3) function call.

Return values

The call returns the number of bytes read on success and -1 upon failure.

Errors

[EBADF]

The argument s is not a valid descriptor.

[ENOTSOCK]

The argument s is not a socket.

Releases

44 releases since FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE; the text changed 30 times.

  1. 7.0
  2. 7.1
  3. 7.2
  4. 7.3
  5. 7.4
  6. 8.0
  7. 8.1
  8. 8.2
  9. 8.3
  10. 8.4
  11. 9.0
  12. 9.1
  13. 9.2
  14. 9.3
  15. 10.0
  16. 10.1
  17. 10.2
  18. 10.3
  19. 10.4
  20. 11.0
  21. 11.1
  22. 11.2
  23. 11.3
  24. 11.4
  25. 12.0
  26. 12.1
  27. 12.2
  28. 12.3
  29. 12.4
  30. 13.0–13.2
  31. 13.3–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.