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27.Dd March 21, 2016
28.Dt AIO_WAITCOMPLETE 2
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm aio_waitcomplete
32.Nd wait for the next completion of an aio request
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libc
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In aio.h
37.Ft ssize_t
38.Fn aio_waitcomplete "struct aiocb **iocbp" "struct timespec *timeout"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn aio_waitcomplete
42system call waits for completion of an asynchronous I/O request.
43Upon completion,
44.Fn aio_waitcomplete
45returns the result of the function and sets
46.Fa iocbp
47to point to the structure associated with the original request.
48If an asynchronous I/O request is completed before
49.Fn aio_waitcomplete
50is called, it returns immediately with the completed request.
51.Pp
52If
53.Fa timeout
54is a non-NULL pointer, it specifies a maximum interval to wait for a
55asynchronous I/O request to complete.
56If
57.Fa timeout
58is a NULL pointer,
59.Fn aio_waitcomplete
60waits indefinitely.
61To effect a poll, the
62.Fa timeout
63argument should be non-NULL, pointing to a zero-valued timeval structure.
64.Pp
65The
66.Fn aio_waitcomplete
67system call also serves the function of
68.Fn aio_return ,
69thus
70.Fn aio_return
71should not be called for the control block returned in
72.Fa iocbp .
73.Sh RETURN VALUES
74If an asynchronous I/O request has completed,
75.Fa iocbp
76is set to point to the control block passed with the original request,
77and the status is returned as described in
78.Xr read 2 ,
79.Xr write 2 ,
80or
81.Xr fsync 2 .
82On failure,
83.Fn aio_waitcomplete
84returns
85.Dv -1 ,
86sets iocbp to
87.Dv NULL
88and sets
89.Va errno
90to indicate the error condition.
91.Sh ERRORS
92The
93.Fn aio_waitcomplete
94system call fails if:
95.Bl -tag -width Er
96.It Bq Er EINVAL
97The specified time limit is invalid.
98.It Bq Er EAGAIN
99The process has not yet called
100.Fn aio_read
101or
102.Fn aio_write .
103.It Bq Er EINTR
104A signal was delivered before the timeout expired and before any
105asynchronous I/O requests completed.
106.It Bq Er EWOULDBLOCK
107.It Bq Er EINPROGRESS
108The specified time limit expired before any asynchronous I/O requests
109completed.
110.El
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
113.Xr aio_error 2 ,
114.Xr aio_read 2 ,
115.Xr aio_return 2 ,
116.Xr aio_suspend 2 ,
117.Xr aio_write 2 ,
118.Xr fsync 2 ,
119.Xr read 2 ,
120.Xr write 2 ,
121.Xr aio 4
122.Sh STANDARDS
123The
124.Fn aio_waitcomplete
125system call is a
126.Fx Ns -specific
127extension.
128.Sh HISTORY
129The
130.Fn aio_waitcomplete
131system call first appeared in
132.Fx 4.0 .
133.Sh AUTHORS
134The
135.Fn aio_waitcomplete
136system call and this manual page were written by
137.An Christopher M Sedore Aq Mt [email protected] .
138