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.Dd November 14, 2012
.Dt CONNECTX 2
.Os Darwin
.Sh NAME
.Nm connectx
.Nd initiate one or more connections on a socket
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
.Ft int
.Fo connectx
.Fa "int socket"
.Fa "const struct sockaddr *saddress"
.Fa "socklen_t saddress_len"
.Fa "const struct sockaddr *daddress"
.Fa "socklen_t daddress_len"
.Fa "unsigned int ifscope"
.Fa "associd_t associd"
.Fa "connid_t *connid"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The parameter
.Fa socket
is a socket.  The communication domain of the socket determines the
availability and behavior of
.Fn connectx .
In general,
.Fn connectx
may be used as a substitute for cases when
.Xr bind 2
and
.Xr connect 2
are issued in succession.
.Pp
When the source address
.Fa saddress
parameter is specified,
.Fn connectx
binds the connection to one of the addresses, as if
.Xr bind 2
is used.  The length of
.Fa saddress
buffer is specified by
.Fa saddress_len .
This buffer may hold more than one addresses, where each successive address
immediately follows the previous one.  The parameter
.Fa ifscope
may also be specified instead of
.Fa saddress ,
in order to bind the connection to the interface whose interface index
equals to
.Fa ifscope .
Both
.Fa saddress
and
.Fa ifscope
parameters may be specified in order to add more constraints to the connection.
.Pp
At least one destination address must be specified in the
.Fa daddress
parameter.  The
.Fa daddress_len
specifies the length of that buffer.  When more than one addresses
is specified, each successive address immediately follows the previous one.
.Pp
Each communications domain interprets the
.Fa saddress
and
.Fa daddress
parameters in its own way.  When multiple addresses are specified, one
of the addresses will be chosen.  The rules used in selecting the
address vary between communicaton domains.
.Pp
Changes related to the connection state may be monitored by registering for the
.Dv NOTE_CONNINFO_UPDATED
.Xr kqueue 2
event, using the predefined system filter
.Dv EVFILT_SOCK .
Details regarding the event may be retrieved by calling
.Xr getconninfo 3 .
.Sh MULTIPATH
On a multipath socket,
.Fn connectx
may be used multiple times, in order to establish the initial session
association with the peer socket upon the first connection, and to further
establish additional connections related to that assocication on subsequent
ones.
.Pp
The parameter
.Fa associd
specifies the association identifier.  When
.Fn connectx
is initially called to establish an associtation, the association identifier
is not yet known, and
.Dv ASSOCID_ANY
must be specified.  After the initial connection is established, the
association identifier may be retrieved using
.Xr getassocids 3 ,
and the value may then be used on subsequent
.Fn connectx
calls.
.Pp
If the initial connection is established without any protocol-level
multipath association, the error
.Er EPROTO
will be returned, and the connection can be extracted to a new socket with
the same properties of
.Fa socket ,
by calling
.Xr peeloff 2 .
.Pp
An association representing one or more connections, or a single connection
may be dissolved by calling
.Xr disconnectx 2 .
.Sh NON-MULTIPATH
On non-multipath socket,
.Fn connectx
behaves much like a combination of
.Xr bind 2
and
.Xr connect 2 .
The parameter
.Fa associd
must always be set to
.Dv ASSOCID_ANY .
.Pp
Generally, non-multipath stream sockets may successfully
.Fn connectx
only once; datagram sockets may use
.Fn connectx
multiple times to change their association, after first dissolving the
existing association by calling
.Xr disconnectx 2 .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned and the connection
identifier is returned through the
.Fa connid
parameter.  If the initial connection establishes an association with
a peer socket, the association identifier may be retrieved by calling
.Xr getassocids 2 .
Both of these identifiers are unique
on a per
.Fa socket
basis.  Upon failure, a value of -1 is returned and the global integer
variable
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn connectx
system call will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EACCES
The destination address is a broadcast address and the 
socket option 
.Dv SO_BROADCAST 
is not set.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EADDRINUSE
The address is already in use.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EADDRNOTAVAIL
The specified address is not available on this machine.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EAFNOSUPPORT
Addresses in the specified address family cannot be used with this socket.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EALREADY
The socket is non-blocking
and a previous connection attempt
has not yet been completed.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EBADF
.Fa socket
is not a valid descriptor.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ECONNREFUSED
The attempt to connect was ignored
(because the target is not listening for connections)
or explicitly rejected.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EFAULT
The
.Fa address
parameter specifies an area outside
the process address space.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EHOSTUNREACH
The target host cannot be reached (e.g., down, disconnected).
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EINPROGRESS
The socket is non-blocking 
and the connection cannot
be completed immediately.
It is possible to
.Xr select 2
for completion by selecting the socket for writing.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EINTR
Its execution was interrupted by a signal.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EINVAL
An invalid argument was detected
(e.g.,
.Fa address_len
is not valid for the address family,
the specified address family is invalid).
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EISCONN
The socket is already connected.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ENETDOWN
The local network interface is not functioning.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ENETUNREACH
The network isn't reachable from this host.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ENOBUFS
The system call was unable to allocate a needed memory buffer.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
.Fa socket
is not a file descriptor for a socket.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
Because
.Fa socket
is listening, no connection is allowed.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EPROTO
The connection was successfully established without any protocol-level
association.  The connection can be extracted to a new socket using
.Xr peeloff 2 .
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EPROTOTYPE
.Fa address
has a different type than the socket
that is bound to the specified peer address.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT
Connection establishment timed out without establishing a connection.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ECONNRESET
Remote host reset the connection request.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr accept 2 ,
.Xr bind 2 ,
.Xr connect 2 ,
.Xr disconnectx 2 ,
.Xr kqueue 2 ,
.Xr peeloff 2 ,
.Xr select 2 ,
.Xr socket 2 ,
.Xr getassocids 3 ,
.Xr getconnids 3 ,
.Xr getconninfo 3 ,
.Xr compat 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn connectx
function call appeared in Darwin 13.0.0