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.\" Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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.\"
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.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
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.\" This file is distributed according to the GNU General Public License.
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.\" %%%LICENSE_END
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.\"
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.TH IO_SUBMIT 2 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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io_submit \- submit asynchronous I/O blocks for processing
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.BR "#include <linux/aio_abi.h>" " /* Defines needed types */"
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.PP
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.BI "int io_submit(aio_context_t " ctx_id ", long " nr \
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", struct iocb **" iocbpp );
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.fi
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.PP
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.IR Note :
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There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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The
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.BR io_submit ()
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system call
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queues \fInr\fP I/O request blocks for processing in
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the AIO context \fIctx_id\fP.
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The
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.I iocbpp
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argument should be an array of \fInr\fP AIO control blocks,
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which will be submitted to context \fIctx_id\fP.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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On success,
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.BR io_submit ()
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returns the number of \fIiocb\fPs submitted (which may be
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less than \fInr\fP, or 0 if \fInr\fP is zero).
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For the failure return, see NOTES.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B EAGAIN
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Insufficient resources are available to queue any \fIiocb\fPs.
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.TP
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.B EBADF
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The file descriptor specified in the first \fIiocb\fP is invalid.
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.TP
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.B EFAULT
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One of the data structures points to invalid data.
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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The AIO context specified by \fIctx_id\fP is invalid.
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\fInr\fP is less than 0.
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The \fIiocb\fP at
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.I *iocbpp[0]
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is not properly initialized,
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or the operation specified is invalid for the file descriptor
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in the \fIiocb\fP.
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.TP
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.B ENOSYS
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.BR io_submit ()
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is not implemented on this architecture.
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.SH VERSIONS
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.PP
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The asynchronous I/O system calls first appeared in Linux 2.5.
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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.PP
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.BR io_submit ()
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is Linux-specific and should not be used in
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programs that are intended to be portable.
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.SH NOTES
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Glibc does not provide a wrapper function for this system call.
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You could invoke it using
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.BR syscall (2).
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But instead, you probably want to use the
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.BR io_submit ()
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wrapper function provided by
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.\" http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=libaio.git
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.IR libaio .
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.PP
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Note that the
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.I libaio
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wrapper function uses a different type
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.RI ( io_context_t )
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.\" But glibc is confused, since <libaio.h> uses 'io_context_t' to declare
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.\" the system call.
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for the
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.I ctx_id
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argument.
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Note also that the
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.I libaio
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wrapper does not follow the usual C library conventions for indicating errors:
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on error it returns a negated error number
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(the negative of one of the values listed in ERRORS).
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If the system call is invoked via
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.BR syscall (2),
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then the return value follows the usual conventions for
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indicating an error: \-1, with
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.I errno
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set to a (positive) value that indicates the error.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR io_cancel (2),
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.BR io_destroy (2),
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.BR io_getevents (2),
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.BR io_setup (2),
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.BR aio (7)
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.\" .SH AUTHOR
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.\" Kent Yoder.
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