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25.Dd March 21, 2016
26.Dt AIO_WAITCOMPLETE 2
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm aio_waitcomplete
30.Nd wait for the next completion of an aio request
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb libc
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In aio.h
35.Ft ssize_t
36.Fn aio_waitcomplete "struct aiocb **iocbp" "struct timespec *timeout"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn aio_waitcomplete
40system call waits for completion of an asynchronous I/O request.
41Upon completion,
42.Fn aio_waitcomplete
43returns the result of the function and sets
44.Fa iocbp
45to point to the structure associated with the original request.
46If an asynchronous I/O request is completed before
47.Fn aio_waitcomplete
48is called, it returns immediately with the completed request.
49.Pp
50If
51.Fa timeout
52is a non-NULL pointer, it specifies a maximum interval to wait for a
53asynchronous I/O request to complete.
54If
55.Fa timeout
56is a NULL pointer,
57.Fn aio_waitcomplete
58waits indefinitely.
59To effect a poll, the
60.Fa timeout
61argument should be non-NULL, pointing to a zero-valued timeval structure.
62.Pp
63The
64.Fn aio_waitcomplete
65system call also serves the function of
66.Fn aio_return ,
67thus
68.Fn aio_return
69should not be called for the control block returned in
70.Fa iocbp .
71.Sh RETURN VALUES
72If an asynchronous I/O request has completed,
73.Fa iocbp
74is set to point to the control block passed with the original request,
75and the status is returned as described in
76.Xr read 2 ,
77.Xr write 2 ,
78or
79.Xr fsync 2 .
80On failure,
81.Fn aio_waitcomplete
82returns
83.Dv -1 ,
84sets iocbp to
85.Dv NULL
86and sets
87.Va errno
88to indicate the error condition.
89.Sh ERRORS
90The
91.Fn aio_waitcomplete
92system call fails if:
93.Bl -tag -width Er
94.It Bq Er EINVAL
95The specified time limit is invalid.
96.It Bq Er EAGAIN
97The process has not yet called
98.Fn aio_read
99or
100.Fn aio_write .
101.It Bq Er EINTR
102A signal was delivered before the timeout expired and before any
103asynchronous I/O requests completed.
104.It Bq Er EWOULDBLOCK
105.It Bq Er EINPROGRESS
106The specified time limit expired before any asynchronous I/O requests
107completed.
108.El
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
111.Xr aio_error 2 ,
112.Xr aio_read 2 ,
113.Xr aio_return 2 ,
114.Xr aio_suspend 2 ,
115.Xr aio_write 2 ,
116.Xr fsync 2 ,
117.Xr read 2 ,
118.Xr write 2 ,
119.Xr aio 4
120.Sh STANDARDS
121The
122.Fn aio_waitcomplete
123system call is a
124.Fx Ns -specific
125extension.
126.Sh HISTORY
127The
128.Fn aio_waitcomplete
129system call first appeared in
130.Fx 4.0 .
131.Sh AUTHORS
132The
133.Fn aio_waitcomplete
134system call and this manual page were written by
135.An Christopher M Sedore Aq Mt cmsedore@maxwell.syr.edu .
136