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.TH aiowait 3C "5 Feb 2008" "SunOS 5.11" "Standard C Library Functions"
.SH NAME
aiowait \- wait for completion of asynchronous I/O operation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <sys/asynch.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

\fBaio_result_t *\fR\fBaiowait\fR(\fBconst struct timeval *\fR\fItimeout\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBaiowait()\fR function suspends the calling process until one of its
outstanding asynchronous I/O operations completes, providing a synchronous
method of notification.
.sp
.LP
If \fItimeout\fR is a non-zero pointer, it specifies a maximum interval to wait
for the completion of an asynchronous I/O operation. If \fItimeout\fR is a zero
pointer, \fBaiowait()\fR blocks indefinitely.  To effect a poll, the
\fItimeout\fR parameter should be non-zero, pointing to a zero-valued
\fItimeval\fR structure.
.sp
.LP
The \fBtimeval\fR structure is defined in <\fBsys/time.h\fR> and contains the
following members:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
long  tv_sec;           /* seconds */
long  tv_usec;          /* and microseconds */
.fi
.in -2

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion, \fBaiowait()\fR returns a pointer to the result
structure used when the completed asynchronous I/O operation was requested.
Upon failure, \fBaiowait()\fR returns \fB\(mi1\fR and sets \fBerrno\fR to
indicate the error. \fBaiowait()\fR returns \fB0\fR if the time limit expires.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
The \fBaiowait()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEFAULT\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
The \fItimeout\fR argument points to an address outside the address space of
the requesting process.  See \fBNOTES\fR.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINTR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
The execution of \fBaiowait()\fR was interrupted by a signal.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
There are no outstanding asynchronous I/O requests.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
The \fBtv_secs\fR member of the \fBtimeval\fR structure pointed to by
\fItimeout\fR is less than 0 or the \fBtv_usecs\fR member is greater than the
number of seconds in a microsecond.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-LevelSafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBaiocancel\fR(3C), \fBaioread\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The \fBaiowait()\fR function is the only way to dequeue an asynchronous
notification. It can be used either inside a \fBSIGIO\fR signal handler or in
the main program. One \fBSIGIO\fR signal can represent several queued events.
.sp
.LP
Passing an illegal address as \fItimeout\fR will result in setting \fBerrno\fR
to \fBEFAULT\fR only if detected by the application process.