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AIO_WRITE(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual AIO_WRITE(3P)
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NAME
aio_write — asynchronous write to a file
SYNOPSIS
#include <aio.h>
int aio_write(struct aiocb *aiocbp);
DESCRIPTION
The aio_write() function shall write aiocbp->aio_nbytes to the
file associated with aiocbp->aio_fildes from the buffer pointed
to by aiocbp->aio_buf. The function shall return when the write
request has been initiated or, at a minimum, queued to the file
or device.
If prioritized I/O is supported for this file, then the
asynchronous operation shall be submitted at a priority equal to
a base scheduling priority minus aiocbp->aio_reqprio. If Thread
Execution Scheduling is not supported, then the base scheduling
priority is that of the calling process;
otherwise, the base scheduling priority is that of the calling
thread.
The aiocbp argument may be used as an argument to aio_error() and
aio_return() in order to determine the error status and return
status, respectively, of the asynchronous operation while it is
proceeding.
The aiocbp argument points to an aiocb structure. If the buffer
pointed to by aiocbp->aio_buf or the control block pointed to by
aiocbp becomes an illegal address prior to asynchronous I/O
completion, then the behavior is undefined.
If O_APPEND is not set for the file descriptor aio_fildes, then
the requested operation shall take place at the absolute position
in the file as given by aio_offset, as if lseek() were called
immediately prior to the operation with an offset equal to
aio_offset and a whence equal to SEEK_SET. If O_APPEND is set
for the file descriptor, or if aio_fildes is associated with a
device that is incapable of seeking, write operations append to
the file in the same order as the calls were made, except under
circumstances described in Section 2.8.2, Asynchronous I/O.
After a successful call to enqueue an asynchronous I/O operation,
the value of the file offset for the file is unspecified.
The aio_sigevent member specifies the notification which occurs
when the request is completed.
The aiocbp->aio_lio_opcode field shall be ignored by aio_write().
Simultaneous asynchronous operations using the same aiocbp
produce undefined results.
If synchronized I/O is enabled on the file associated with
aiocbp->aio_fildes, the behavior of this function shall be
according to the definitions of synchronized I/O data integrity
completion, and synchronized I/O file integrity completion.
For any system action that changes the process memory space while
an asynchronous I/O is outstanding to the address range being
changed, the result of that action is undefined.
For regular files, no data transfer shall occur past the offset
maximum established in the open file description associated with
aiocbp->aio_fildes.
RETURN VALUE
The aio_write() function shall return the value zero if the I/O
operation is successfully queued; otherwise, the function shall
return the value -1 and set errno to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The aio_write() function shall fail if:
EAGAIN The requested asynchronous I/O operation was not queued
due to system resource limitations.
Each of the following conditions may be detected synchronously at
the time of the call to aio_write(), or asynchronously. If any of
the conditions below are detected synchronously, the aio_write()
function shall return -1 and set errno to the corresponding
value. If any of the conditions below are detected
asynchronously, the return status of the asynchronous operation
shall be set to -1, and the error status of the asynchronous
operation is set to the corresponding value.
EBADF The aiocbp->aio_fildes argument is not a valid file
descriptor open for writing.
EINVAL The file offset value implied by aiocbp->aio_offset would
be invalid,
aiocbp->aio_reqprio is not a valid value, or
aiocbp->aio_nbytes is an invalid value.
In the case that the aio_write() successfully queues the I/O
operation, the return status of the asynchronous operation shall
be one of the values normally returned by the write() function
call. If the operation is successfully queued but is subsequently
canceled or encounters an error, the error status for the
asynchronous operation contains one of the values normally set by
the write() function call, or one of the following:
EBADF The aiocbp->aio_fildes argument is not a valid file
descriptor open for writing.
EINVAL The file offset value implied by aiocbp->aio_offset would
be invalid.
ECANCELED
The requested I/O was canceled before the I/O completed
due to an explicit aio_cancel() request.
The following condition may be detected synchronously or
asynchronously:
EFBIG The file is a regular file, aiobcp->aio_nbytes is greater
than 0, and the starting offset in aiobcp->aio_offset is
at or beyond the offset maximum in the open file
description associated with aiocbp->aio_fildes.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
Section 2.8.2, Asynchronous I/O, aio_cancel(3p), aio_error(3p),
aio_read(3p), aio_return(3p), close(3p), exec(1p), exit(3p),
fork(3p), lio_listio(3p), lseek(3p), write(3p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, aio.h(0p)
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Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
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Pages that refer to this page: aio.h(0p), aio_cancel(3p), aio_error(3p), aio_read(3p), aio_return(3p), aio_suspend(3p), lio_listio(3p)