mach_port_status

Structure - Used to present a port's current status with respect to various important attributes.

SYNOPSIS

struct mach_port_status
{
       mach_port_rights_t         mps_pset;
       mach_port_seqno_t         mps_seqno;
       mach_port_mscount_t     mps_mscount;
       mach_port_msgcount_t     mps_qlimit;
       mach_port_msgcount_t   mps_msgcount;
       mach_port_rights_t     mps_sorights;
       boolean_t               mps_srights;
       boolean_t             mps_pdrequest;
       boolean_t             mps_nsrequest;
       unsigned int              mps_flags;
};

typedef struct mach_port_status mach_port_status_t;

FIELDS

mps_pset

Count of containing psets.

mps_seqno

Current sequence number for the port.

mps_mscount

Make-send count.

mps_msgcount

Upper limit for the number of messages that may be queued to the port before the system blocks send operations.

mps_msgcount

Number of messages currently queued on the port.

mps_sorights

How many send-once rights.

mps_srights

Specifies whether or not send rights exist for the port (in this or any other task).

mps_pdrequest

Specifies whether or not a port-deleted notification has been requested.

mps_nsrequest

True if no-senders notification requested.

mps_flags

Flags associated with the port.

DESCRIPTION

The mach_port_status structure is used to provide information about a port in response to an invocation of the mach_port_get_attributes interface.

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: mach_port_get_attributes.