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27 .Dd June 2, 1999
28 .Dt AIO_SUSPEND 2
29 .Os
30 .Sh NAME
31 .Nm aio_suspend
32 .Nd suspend until asynchronous I/O operations or timeout complete (REALTIME)
33 .Sh LIBRARY
34 .Lb libc
35 .Sh SYNOPSIS
36 .In aio.h
37 .Ft int
38 .Fo aio_suspend
39 .Fa "const struct aiocb *const list[]"
40 .Fa "int nent"
41 .Fa "const struct timespec *timeout"
42 .Fc
43 .Sh DESCRIPTION
44 The
45 .Fn aio_suspend
46 system call suspends the calling process until at least one of the
47 specified asynchronous I/O requests have completed, a signal is
48 delivered, or the
49 .Fa timeout
50 has passed.
51 .Pp
52 The
53 .Fa list
54 argument
55 is an array of
56 .Fa nent
57 pointers to asynchronous I/O requests. Array members containing
58 NULL will be silently ignored.
59 .Pp
60 If
61 .Fa timeout
62 is a non-nil pointer, it specifies a maximum interval to suspend.
63 If
64 .Fa timeout
65 is a nil pointer, the suspend blocks indefinitely. To effect a
66 poll, the
67 .Fa timeout
68 should point to a zero-value timespec structure.
69 .Sh RETURN VALUES
70 If one or more of the specified asynchronous I/O requests have completed,
71 .Fn aio_suspend
72 returns 0.
73 Otherwise, it returns -1 and sets
74 .Va errno
75 to indicate the error, as enumerated below.
76 .Sh ERRORS
77 The
78 .Fn aio_suspend
79 system call will fail if:
80 .Bl -tag -width Er
81 .It Bq Er EAGAIN
82 The
83 .Fa timeout
84 expired before any of the listed I/O requests completed.
85 .\" ==========
86 .It Bq Er EINTR
87 The suspend was interrupted by a signal.
88 .\" ==========
89 .It Bq Er EINVAL
90 The
91 .Fa list
92 argument
93 contains more than
94 .Dv AIO_LISTIO_MAX
95 asynchronous I/O requests, or at least one of the requests is not
96 valid.
97 .El
98 .Sh SEE ALSO
99 .Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
100 .Xr aio_error 2 ,
101 .Xr aio_return 2 ,
102 .Xr aio_write 2 ,
103 .Xr aio 4
104 .Sh STANDARDS
105 The
106 .Fn aio_suspend
107 system call
108 is expected to conform to the
109 .St -p1003.1
110 standard.
111 .Sh HISTORY
112 The
113 .Fn aio_suspend
114 system call first appeared in
115 .Fx 3.0 .
116 .Sh AUTHORS
117 This
118 manual page was written by
119 .An Wes Peters Aq wes@softweyr.com .