.\" Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. .\" and Copyright (C) 2017 Goldwyn Rodrigues .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later .\" .TH io_submit 2 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.8" .SH NAME io_submit \- submit asynchronous I/O blocks for processing .SH LIBRARY Standard C library .RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) .P Alternatively, Asynchronous I/O library .RI ( libaio ", " \-laio ); see VERSIONS. .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .BR "#include " " /* Defines needed types */" .P .BI "int io_submit(aio_context_t " ctx_id ", long " nr \ ", struct iocb **" iocbpp ); .fi .P .IR Note : There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see VERSIONS. .SH DESCRIPTION .IR Note : this page describes the raw Linux system call interface. The wrapper function provided by .I libaio uses a different type for the .I ctx_id argument. See VERSIONS. .P The .BR io_submit () system call queues \fInr\fP I/O request blocks for processing in the AIO context \fIctx_id\fP. The .I iocbpp argument should be an array of \fInr\fP AIO control blocks, which will be submitted to context \fIctx_id\fP. .P The .I iocb (I/O control block) structure defined in .I linux/aio_abi.h defines the parameters that control the I/O operation. .P .in +4n .EX #include \& struct iocb { __u64 aio_data; __u32 PADDED(aio_key, aio_rw_flags); __u16 aio_lio_opcode; __s16 aio_reqprio; __u32 aio_fildes; __u64 aio_buf; __u64 aio_nbytes; __s64 aio_offset; __u64 aio_reserved2; __u32 aio_flags; __u32 aio_resfd; }; .EE .in .P The fields of this structure are as follows: .TP .I aio_data This data is copied into the .I data field of the .I io_event structure upon I/O completion (see .BR io_getevents (2)). .TP .I aio_key This is an internal field used by the kernel. Do not modify this field after an .BR io_submit () call. .TP .I aio_rw_flags This defines the R/W flags passed with structure. The valid values are: .RS .TP .BR RWF_APPEND " (since Linux 4.16)" .\" commit e1fc742e14e01d84d9693c4aca4ab23da65811fb Append data to the end of the file. See the description of the flag of the same name in .BR pwritev2 (2) as well as the description of .B O_APPEND in .BR open (2). The .I aio_offset field is ignored. The file offset is not changed. .TP .BR RWF_DSYNC " (since Linux 4.13)" Write operation complete according to requirement of synchronized I/O data integrity. See the description of the flag of the same name in .BR pwritev2 (2) as well the description of .B O_DSYNC in .BR open (2). .TP .BR RWF_HIPRI " (since Linux 4.13)" High priority request, poll if possible .TP .BR RWF_NOWAIT " (since Linux 4.14)" Don't wait if the I/O will block for operations such as file block allocations, dirty page flush, mutex locks, or a congested block device inside the kernel. If any of these conditions are met, the control block is returned immediately with a return value of .B \-EAGAIN in the .I res field of the .I io_event structure (see .BR io_getevents (2)). .TP .BR RWF_SYNC " (since Linux 4.13)" Write operation complete according to requirement of synchronized I/O file integrity. See the description of the flag of the same name in .BR pwritev2 (2) as well the description of .B O_SYNC in .BR open (2). .RE .TP .I aio_lio_opcode This defines the type of I/O to be performed by the .I iocb structure. The valid values are defined by the enum defined in .IR linux/aio_abi.h : .IP .in +4n .EX enum { IOCB_CMD_PREAD = 0, IOCB_CMD_PWRITE = 1, IOCB_CMD_FSYNC = 2, IOCB_CMD_FDSYNC = 3, IOCB_CMD_POLL = 5, IOCB_CMD_NOOP = 6, IOCB_CMD_PREADV = 7, IOCB_CMD_PWRITEV = 8, }; .EE .in .TP .I aio_reqprio This defines the requests priority. .TP .I aio_fildes The file descriptor on which the I/O operation is to be performed. .TP .I aio_buf This is the buffer used to transfer data for a read or write operation. .TP .I aio_nbytes This is the size of the buffer pointed to by .IR aio_buf . .TP .I aio_offset This is the file offset at which the I/O operation is to be performed. .TP .I aio_flags This is the set of flags associated with the .I iocb structure. The valid values are: .RS .TP .B IOCB_FLAG_RESFD Asynchronous I/O control must signal the file descriptor mentioned in .I aio_resfd upon completion. .TP .BR IOCB_FLAG_IOPRIO " (since Linux 4.18)" .\" commit d9a08a9e616beeccdbd0e7262b7225ffdfa49e92 Interpret the .I aio_reqprio field as an .B IOPRIO_VALUE as defined by .IR linux/ioprio.h . .RE .TP .I aio_resfd The file descriptor to signal in the event of asynchronous I/O completion. .SH RETURN VALUE On success, .BR io_submit () returns the number of \fIiocb\fPs submitted (which may be less than \fInr\fP, or 0 if \fInr\fP is zero). For the failure return, see VERSIONS. .SH ERRORS .TP .B EAGAIN Insufficient resources are available to queue any \fIiocb\fPs. .TP .B EBADF The file descriptor specified in the first \fIiocb\fP is invalid. .TP .B EFAULT One of the data structures points to invalid data. .TP .B EINVAL The AIO context specified by \fIctx_id\fP is invalid. \fInr\fP is less than 0. The \fIiocb\fP at .I *iocbpp[0] is not properly initialized, the operation specified is invalid for the file descriptor in the \fIiocb\fP, or the value in the .I aio_reqprio field is invalid. .TP .B ENOSYS .BR io_submit () is not implemented on this architecture. .TP .B EPERM The .I aio_reqprio field is set with the class .BR IOPRIO_CLASS_RT , but the submitting context does not have the .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability. .SH VERSIONS glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call. You could invoke it using .BR syscall (2). But instead, you probably want to use the .BR io_submit () wrapper function provided by .\" http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=libaio.git .IR libaio . .P Note that the .I libaio wrapper function uses a different type .RI ( io_context_t ) .\" But glibc is confused, since uses 'io_context_t' to declare .\" the system call. for the .I ctx_id argument. Note also that the .I libaio 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 .BR syscall (2), then the return value follows the usual conventions for indicating an error: \-1, with .I errno set to a (positive) value that indicates the error. .SH STANDARDS Linux. .SH HISTORY Linux 2.5. .SH SEE ALSO .BR io_cancel (2), .BR io_destroy (2), .BR io_getevents (2), .BR io_setup (2), .BR aio (7) .\" .SH AUTHOR .\" Kent Yoder.