2006-01-09 Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
[glibc.git] / rt / mqueue.h
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5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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17 02111-1307 USA. */
19 #ifndef _MQUEUE_H
20 #define _MQUEUE_H 1
22 #include <features.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
24 #include <fcntl.h>
25 #define __need_sigevent_t
26 #include <bits/siginfo.h>
27 #define __need_timespec
28 #include <time.h>
29 /* Get the definition of mqd_t and struct mq_attr. */
30 #include <bits/mqueue.h>
32 __BEGIN_DECLS
34 /* Establish connection between a process and a message queue NAME and
35 return message queue descriptor or (mqd_t) -1 on error. OFLAG determines
36 the type of access used. If O_CREAT is on OFLAG, the third argument is
37 taken as a `mode_t', the mode of the created message queue, and the fourth
38 argument is taken as `struct mq_attr *', pointer to message queue
39 attributes. If the fourth argument is NULL, default attributes are
40 used. */
41 extern mqd_t mq_open (const char *__name, int __oflag, ...) __THROW;
43 /* Removes the association between message queue descriptor MQDES and its
44 message queue. */
45 extern int mq_close (mqd_t __mqdes) __THROW;
47 /* Query status and attributes of message queue MQDES. */
48 extern int mq_getattr (mqd_t __mqdes, struct mq_attr *__mqstat) __THROW;
50 /* Set attributes associated with message queue MQDES and if OMQSTAT is
51 not NULL also query its old attributes. */
52 extern int mq_setattr (mqd_t __mqdes,
53 const struct mq_attr *__restrict __mqstat,
54 struct mq_attr *__restrict __omqstat) __THROW;
56 /* Remove message queue named NAME. */
57 extern int mq_unlink (const char *__name) __THROW;
59 /* Register notification issued upon message arrival to an empty
60 message queue MQDES. */
61 extern int mq_notify (mqd_t __mqdes, const struct sigevent *__notification)
62 __THROW;
64 /* Receive the oldest from highest priority messages in message queue
65 MQDES. */
66 extern ssize_t mq_receive (mqd_t __mqdes, char *__msg_ptr, size_t __msg_len,
67 unsigned int *__msg_prio);
69 /* Add message pointed by MSG_PTR to message queue MQDES. */
70 extern int mq_send (mqd_t __mqdes, const char *__msg_ptr, size_t __msg_len,
71 unsigned int __msg_prio);
73 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN2K
74 /* Receive the oldest from highest priority messages in message queue
75 MQDES, stop waiting if ABS_TIMEOUT expires. */
76 extern ssize_t mq_timedreceive (mqd_t __mqdes, char *__restrict __msg_ptr,
77 size_t __msg_len,
78 unsigned int *__restrict __msg_prio,
79 const struct timespec *__restrict __abs_timeout);
81 /* Add message pointed by MSG_PTR to message queue MQDES, stop blocking
82 on full message queue if ABS_TIMEOUT expires. */
83 extern int mq_timedsend (mqd_t __mqdes, const char *__msg_ptr,
84 size_t __msg_len, unsigned int __msg_prio,
85 const struct timespec *__abs_timeout);
86 #endif
88 __END_DECLS
90 #endif /* mqueue.h */