AIO_SUSPEND(3) | Library Functions Manual | AIO_SUSPEND(3)

# NAME

`aio_suspend` —
suspend until asynchronous I/O operations or timeout complete (REALTIME)

# LIBRARY

POSIX Real-time Library (librt, -lrt)

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <aio.h>`

int
`aio_suspend`(const struct aiocb * const list[], int nent, const struct timespec * timeout);

# DESCRIPTION

The `aio_suspend`() system call suspends the calling process until at least one of the specified asynchronous I/O requests have completed, a signal is delivered, or the struct timeout (see timespec(3)) has passed.

The list argument is an array of nent pointers to asynchronous I/O requests. Array members containing `NULL` pointers will be silently ignored.

If timeout is not a `NULL` pointer, it specifies a maximum interval to suspend. If timeout is a `NULL` pointer, the suspend blocks indefinitely. To effect a poll, the timeout should point to a zero-value timespec structure.

# RETURN VALUES

If one or more of the specified asynchronous I/O requests have completed, `aio_suspend`() returns 0. Otherwise it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error, as enumerated below.

# ERRORS

The `aio_suspend`() system call will fail if:

[`EAGAIN`]
  The timeout expired before any I/O requests completed.
[`EINTR`]
  The suspend was interrupted by a signal.
[`EINVAL`]
  The list argument contains more than `AIO_LISTIO_MAX` asynchronous I/O requests, or at least one of the requests is not valid.

# SEE ALSO

aio(3), timespec(3)

# STANDARDS

The `aio_suspend`() system call is expected to conform to the IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”) standard.

# HISTORY

The `aio_suspend`() system call first appeared in NetBSD 5.0.

May 17, 2010 | NetBSD 9.2