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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
io_getevents - read asynchronous I/O events from the completion queue
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/linux/aio_abi.h">linux/aio_abi.h</A>&gt;</B> /* Defines needed types */
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/linux/time.h">linux/time.h</A>&gt;</B> /* Defines 'struct timespec' */
<B>int io_getevents(aio_context_t </B><I>ctx_id</I><B>, long </B><I>min_nr</I><B>, long </B><I>nr</I><B>,</B>
<B> struct io_event *</B><I>events</I><B>, struct timespec *</B><I>timeout</I><B>);</B>
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<I>Note</I>:
There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The
<B>io_getevents</B>()
system call
attempts to read at least <I>min_nr</I> events and
up to <I>nr</I> events from the completion queue of the AIO context
specified by <I>ctx_id</I>.
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The <I>timeout</I> argument specifies the amount of time to wait for events,
and is specified as a relative timeout in a structure of the following form:
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struct timespec {
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;time_t&nbsp;tv_sec;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/*&nbsp;seconds&nbsp;*/
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;long&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tv_nsec;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/*&nbsp;nanoseconds&nbsp;[0&nbsp;..&nbsp;999999999]&nbsp;*/
};
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The specified time will be rounded up to the system clock granularity
and is guaranteed not to expire early.
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Specifying
<I>timeout</I>
as NULL means block indefinitely until at least
<I>min_nr</I>
events have been obtained.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
On success,
<B>io_getevents</B>()
returns the number of events read.
This may be 0, or a value less than
<I>min_nr</I>,
if the
<I>timeout</I>
expired.
It may also be a nonzero value less than
<I>min_nr</I>,
if the call was interrupted by a signal handler.
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For the failure return, see NOTES.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="1"><B>EFAULT</B>
<DD>
Either <I>events</I> or <I>timeout</I> is an invalid pointer.
<DT id="2"><B>EINTR</B>
<DD>
Interrupted by a signal handler; see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+signal">signal</A></B>(7).
<DT id="3"><B>EINVAL</B>
<DD>
<I>ctx_id</I> is invalid.
<I>min_nr</I> is out of range or <I>nr</I> is
out of range.
<DT id="4"><B>ENOSYS</B>
<DD>
<B>io_getevents</B>()
is not implemented on this architecture.
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<H2>VERSIONS</H2>
<P>
The asynchronous I/O system calls first appeared in Linux 2.5.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
<P>
<B>io_getevents</B>()
is Linux-specific and should not be used in
programs that are intended to be portable.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
Glibc does not provide a wrapper function for this system call.
You could invoke it using
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+syscall">syscall</A></B>(2).
But instead, you probably want to use the
<B>io_getevents</B>()
wrapper function provided by
<I>libaio</I>.
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Note that the
<I>libaio</I>
wrapper function uses a different type
(<I>io_context_t</I>)
for the
<I>ctx_id</I>
argument.
Note also that the
<I>libaio</I>
wrapper does not follow the usual C library conventions for indicating errors:
on error it returns a negated error number
(the negative of one of the values listed in ERRORS).
If the system call is invoked via
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+syscall">syscall</A></B>(2),
then the return value follows the usual conventions for
indicating an error: -1, with
<I>errno</I>
set to a (positive) value that indicates the error.
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
An invalid
<I>ctx_id</I>
may cause a segmentation fault instead of generating the error
<B>EINVAL</B>.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<P>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+io_cancel">io_cancel</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+io_destroy">io_destroy</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+io_setup">io_setup</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+io_submit">io_submit</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+aio">aio</A></B>(7),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+time">time</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<I>man-pages</I>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAG">VERSIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAH">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAI">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAJ">BUGS</A><DD>
<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAK">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAL">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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