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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/msgrcv.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/msgrcv.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..91f9c3fb --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/msgrcv.3p @@ -0,0 +1,274 @@ +'\" et +.TH MSGRCV "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +msgrcv +\(em XSI message receive operation +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <sys/msg.h> +.P +ssize_t msgrcv(int \fImsqid\fP, void *\fImsgp\fP, size_t \fImsgsz\fP, long \fImsgtyp\fP, + int \fImsgflg\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fImsgrcv\fR() +function operates on XSI message queues (see the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 3.226" ", " "Message Queue"). +It is unspecified whether this function interoperates with the +realtime interprocess communication facilities defined in +.IR "Section 2.8" ", " "Realtime". +.P +The +\fImsgrcv\fR() +function shall read a message from the queue associated with the message +queue identifier specified by +.IR msqid +and place it in the user-defined buffer pointed to by +.IR msgp . +.P +The application shall ensure that the argument +.IR msgp +points to a user-defined buffer that contains first a field of type +.BR long +specifying the type of the message, and then a data portion that holds +the data bytes of the message. The structure below is an example of +what this user-defined buffer might look like: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +struct mymsg { + long mtype; /* Message type. */ + char mtext[1]; /* Message text. */ +} +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +The structure member +.IR mtype +is the received message's type as specified by the sending process. +.P +The structure member +.IR mtext +is the text of the message. +.P +The argument +.IR msgsz +specifies the size in bytes of +.IR mtext . +The received message shall be truncated to +.IR msgsz +bytes if it is larger than +.IR msgsz +and (\fImsgflg\fP & MSG_NOERROR) is non-zero. +The truncated part of the message shall be lost and no indication of +the truncation shall be given to the calling process. +.P +If the value of +.IR msgsz +is greater than +{SSIZE_MAX}, +the result is implementation-defined. +.P +The argument +.IR msgtyp +specifies the type of message requested as follows: +.IP " *" 4 +If +.IR msgtyp +is 0, the first message on the queue shall be received. +.IP " *" 4 +If +.IR msgtyp +is greater than 0, the first message of type +.IR msgtyp +shall be received. +.IP " *" 4 +If +.IR msgtyp +is less than 0, the first message of the lowest type that is less than +or equal to the absolute value of +.IR msgtyp +shall be received. +.P +The argument +.IR msgflg +specifies the action to be taken if a message of the desired type is +not on the queue. These are as follows: +.IP " *" 4 +If (\fImsgflg\fP & IPC_NOWAIT) +is non-zero, the calling thread shall return immediately with a return +value of \-1 and +.IR errno +set to +.BR [ENOMSG] . +.IP " *" 4 +If (\fImsgflg\fP & IPC_NOWAIT) is 0, the calling thread shall suspend +execution until one of the following occurs: +.RS 4 +.IP -- 4 +A message of the desired type is placed on the queue. +.IP -- 4 +The message queue identifier +.IR msqid +is removed from the system; when this occurs, +.IR errno +shall be set to +.BR [EIDRM] +and \-1 shall be returned. +.IP -- 4 +The calling thread receives a signal that is to be caught; in this case +a message is not received and the calling thread resumes execution in +the manner prescribed in +.IR "\fIsigaction\fR\^(\|)". +.RE +.P +Upon successful completion, the following actions are taken with +respect to the data structure associated with +.IR msqid : +.IP " *" 4 +.BR msg_qnum +shall be decremented by 1. +.IP " *" 4 +.BR msg_lrpid +shall be set to the process ID of the calling process. +.IP " *" 4 +.BR msg_rtime +shall be set to the current time, as described in +.IR "Section 2.7.1" ", " "IPC General Description". +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +Upon successful completion, +\fImsgrcv\fR() +shall return a value equal to the number of bytes actually placed +into the buffer +.IR mtext . +Otherwise, no message shall be received, +\fImsgrcv\fR() +shall return \-1, and +.IR errno +shall be set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +The +\fImsgrcv\fR() +function shall fail if: +.TP +.BR E2BIG +The value of +.IR mtext +is greater than +.IR msgsz +and (\fImsgflg\fP & MSG_NOERROR) is 0. +.TP +.BR EACCES +Operation permission is denied to the calling process; see +.IR "Section 2.7" ", " "XSI Interprocess Communication". +.TP +.BR EIDRM +The message queue identifier +.IR msqid +is removed from the system. +.TP +.BR EINTR +The +\fImsgrcv\fR() +function was interrupted by a signal. +.TP +.BR EINVAL +.IR msqid +is not a valid message queue identifier. +.TP +.BR ENOMSG +The queue does not contain a message of the desired type and +(\fImsgflg\fP & IPC_NOWAIT) is non-zero. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +.SS "Receiving a Message" +.P +The following example receives the first message on the queue (based on +the value of the +.IR msgtyp +argument, 0). The queue is identified by the +.IR msqid +argument (assuming that the value has previously been set). This call +specifies that an error should be reported if no message is available, +but not if the message is too large. The message size is calculated +directly using the +.IR sizeof +operator. +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +#include <sys/msg.h> +\&... +int result; +int msqid; +struct message { + long type; + char text[20]; +} msg; +long msgtyp = 0; +\&... +result = msgrcv(msqid, (void *) &msg, sizeof(msg.text), + msgtyp, MSG_NOERROR | IPC_NOWAIT); +.fi +.P +.RE +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +The POSIX Realtime Extension defines alternative interfaces for interprocess communication +(IPC). Application developers who need to use IPC should design their +applications so that modules using the IPC routines described in +.IR "Section 2.7" ", " "XSI Interprocess Communication" +can be easily modified to use the alternative interfaces. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "Section 2.7" ", " "XSI Interprocess Communication", +.IR "Section 2.8" ", " "Realtime", +.IR "\fImq_close\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImq_getattr\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImq_notify\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImq_open\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImq_receive\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImq_send\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImq_setattr\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImq_unlink\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImsgctl\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImsgget\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImsgsnd\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIsigaction\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 3.226" ", " "Message Queue", +.IR "\fB<sys_msg.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |