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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/mq_receive.2 b/lib/libc/sys/mq_receive.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9e5efd --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/mq_receive.2 @@ -0,0 +1,197 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2005 David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as +.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible +.\" addition of one or more copyright notices. +.\" 2. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE +.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR +.\" BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, +.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE +.\" OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, +.\" EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd November 29, 2005 +.Dt MQ_RECEIVE 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mq_receive , mq_timedreceive +.Nd "receive a message from message queue (REALTIME)" +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In mqueue.h +.Ft ssize_t +.Fo mq_receive +.Fa "mqd_t mqdes" +.Fa "char *msg_ptr" +.Fa "size_t msg_len" +.Fa "unsigned *msg_prio" +.Fc +.Ft ssize_t +.Fo mq_timedreceive +.Fa "mqd_t mqdes" +.Fa "char *msg_ptr" +.Fa "size_t msg_len" +.Fa "unsigned *msg_prio" +.Fa "const struct timespec *abs_timeout" +.Fc +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn mq_receive +system call receives oldest of the highest priority message(s) from the +message queue specified by +.Fa mqdes . +If the size of the buffer in bytes, specified by the +.Fa msg_len +argument, is less than the +.Va mq_msgsize +attribute of the message queue, the system call will fail and return an +error. +Otherwise, the selected message will be removed from the queue +and copied to the buffer pointed to by the +.Fa msg_ptr +argument. +.Pp +If the argument +.Fa msg_prio +is not +.Dv NULL , +the priority of the selected message will be stored in the +location referenced by +.Fa msg_prio . +If the specified message queue is empty and +.Dv O_NONBLOCK +is not set in the message queue description associated with +.Fa mqdes , +.Fn mq_receive +will block until a message is enqueued on the message queue or until +.Fn mq_receive +is interrupted by a signal. +If more than one thread is waiting to receive +a message when a message arrives at an empty queue and the Priority +Scheduling option is supported, then the thread of highest priority that +has been waiting the longest will be selected to receive the message. +Otherwise, it is unspecified which waiting thread receives the message. +If the specified message queue is empty and +.Dv O_NONBLOCK +is set in the message queue description associated with +.Fa mqdes , +no message +will be removed from the queue, and +.Fn mq_receive +will return an error. +.Pp +The +.Fn mq_timedreceive +system call will receive the oldest of the highest priority messages from the +message queue specified by +.Fa mqdes +as described for the +.Fn mq_receive +system call. +However, if +.Dv O_NONBLOCK +was not specified when the message queue was opened via the +.Fn mq_open +system call, and no message exists on the queue to satisfy the receive, the wait +for such a message will be terminated when the specified timeout expires. +If +.Dv O_NONBLOCK +is set, this system call is equivalent to +.Fn mq_receive . +.Pp +The timeout expires when the absolute time specified by +.Fa abs_timeout +passes, as measured by the clock on which timeouts are based (that is, when +the value of that clock equals or exceeds +.Fa abs_timeout ) , +or if the absolute time specified by +.Fa abs_timeout +has already been passed at the time of the call. +.Pp +The timeout is based on the +.Dv CLOCK_REALTIME +clock. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion, the +.Fn mq_receive +and +.Fn mq_timedreceive +system calls return the length of the selected message in bytes and the +message is removed from the queue. +Otherwise, no message is removed +from the queue, the system call returns a value of \-1, +and the global variable +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn mq_receive +and +.Fn mq_timedreceive +system calls +will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EAGAIN +.Dv O_NONBLOCK +flag is set in the message queue description associated with +.Fa mqdes , +and the specified message queue is empty. +.It Bq Er EBADF +The +.Fa mqdes +argument is not a valid message queue descriptor open for reading. +.It Bq Er EMSGSIZE +The specified message buffer size, +.Fa msg_len , +is less than the message size attribute of the message queue. +.It Bq Er EINTR +The +.Fn mq_receive +or +.Fn mq_timedreceive +operation was interrupted by a signal. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The process or thread would have blocked, and the +.Fa abs_timeout +parameter specified a nanoseconds field value less than zero or greater +than or equal to 1000 million. +.It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT +The +.Dv O_NONBLOCK +flag was not set when the message queue was opened, but no message arrived +on the queue before the specified timeout expired. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mq_open 2 , +.Xr mq_send 2 , +.Xr mq_timedsend 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn mq_receive +and +.Fn mq_timedreceive +system calls conform to +.St -p1003.1-2004 . +.Sh HISTORY +Support for +.Tn POSIX +message queues first appeared in +.Fx 7.0 . |