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25 .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/sys/aio_write.2,v 1.4.2.5 2001/12/14 18:34:00 ru Exp $
26 .\" $DragonFly: src/lib/libc/sys/aio_write.2,v 1.3 2008/05/02 02:05:04 swildner Exp $
33 .Nd asynchronous write to a file (REALTIME)
39 .Fn aio_write "struct aiocb *iocb"
43 function allows the calling process to write
45 from the buffer pointed to by
48 .Fa iocb->aio_fildes .
49 The call returns immediately after the write request has been enqueued
50 to the descriptor; the write may or may not have completed at the time
51 the call returns. If the request could not be enqueued, generally due
52 to invalid arguments, the call returns without having enqueued the
58 .Fa iocb->aio_fildes ,
60 operations append to the file in the same order as the calls were
63 is not set for the file descriptor, the write operation will occur at
64 the absolute position from the beginning of the file plus
65 .Fa iocb->aio_offset .
68 .Dv _POSIX_PRIORITIZED_IO
69 is defined, and the descriptor supports it, then the enqueued
70 operation is submitted at a priority equal to that of the calling
72 .Fa iocb->aio_reqprio .
76 pointer may be subsequently used as an argument to
80 in order to determine return or error status for the enqueued operation
81 while it is in progress.
83 If the request is successfully enqueued, the value of
85 can be modified during the request as context, so this value must not
86 be referenced after the request is enqueued.
88 The Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure pointed to by
90 and the buffer that the
92 member of that structure references must remain valid until the
93 operation has completed. For this reason, use of auto (stack) variables
94 for these objects is discouraged.
96 The asynchronous I/O control buffer
98 should be zeroed before the
100 call to avoid passing bogus context information to the kernel.
102 Modifications of the Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure or the
103 buffer contents after the request has been enqueued, but before the
104 request has completed, are not allowed.
106 If the file offset in
108 is past the offset maximum for
109 .Fa iocb->aio_fildes ,
116 function will fail if:
119 The request was not queued because of system resource limitations.
123 call is not supported.
126 The following conditions may be synchronously detected when the
128 call is made, or asynchronously, at any time thereafter. If they
129 are detected at call time,
133 appropriately; otherwise the
135 function must be called, and will return -1, and
137 must be called to determine the actual value that would have been
143 is invalid, or is not opened for writing.
147 is not valid, the priority specified by
148 .Fa iocb->aio_reqprio
149 is not a valid priority, or the number of bytes specified by
154 If the request is successfully enqueued, but subsequently canceled
155 or an error occurs, the value returned by the
159 call, and the value returned by the
161 function is either one of the error returns from the
167 is invalid for writing.
169 The request was explicitly canceled via a call to
178 is expected to conform to the
184 function first appeared in
187 This manual page was written by
188 .An Wes Peters Aq wes@softweyr.com .
190 Asynchronous I/O operations cannot be canceled in this implementation.
191 Invalid information in
192 .Fa iocb->_aiocb_private
193 may confuse the kernel.