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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3 | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3 b/lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3 index b9ccfb8..f874880 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3 @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct sctp_sndrcvinfo { .Pp The .Fa sinfo->sinfo_ppid -is an opaque 32 bit value that is passed transparently +field is an opaque 32 bit value that is passed transparently through the stack from the peer endpoint. Note that the stack passes this value without regard to byte order. @@ -180,12 +180,13 @@ as soon as possible. When this flag is absent the message was delivered in order within the stream it was received. .Pp +The .Fa sinfo->sinfo_stream -is the SCTP stream that the message was received on. +field is the SCTP stream that the message was received on. Streams in SCTP are reliable (or partially reliable) flows of ordered messages. .Pp -The +The .Fa sinfo->sinfo_context field is used only if the local application set an association level context with the @@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ association. .Pp The .Fa sinfo->sinfo_ssn -will hold the stream sequence number assigned +field will hold the stream sequence number assigned by the peer endpoint if the message is .Em not unordered. @@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ For unordered messages this field holds an undefined value. .Pp The .Fa sinfo->sinfo_tsn -holds a transport sequence number (TSN) that was assigned +field holds a transport sequence number (TSN) that was assigned to this message by the peer endpoint. For messages that fit in or less than the path MTU this will be the only TSN assigned. @@ -215,12 +216,12 @@ message. .Pp The .Fa sinfo->sinfo_cumtsn -holds the current cumulative acknowledgment point of +field holds the current cumulative acknowledgment point of the transport association. Note that this may be larger or smaller than the TSN assigned to the message itself. .Pp -The +The .Fa sinfo->sinfo_assoc_id is the unique association identification that was assigned to the association. @@ -232,10 +233,10 @@ setting various socket options on the specific association (see .Xr sctp 4 ) . .Pp -The +The .Fa sinfo->info_timetolive field is not used by -.Fa sctp_recvmsg . +.Fn sctp_recvmsg . .Sh RETURN VALUES The call returns the number of characters sent, or -1 if an error occurred. |
