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diff --git a/man/man3/sockatmark.3 b/man/man3/sockatmark.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62d1ba1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/sockatmark.3 @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2006, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH sockatmark 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +sockatmark \- determine whether socket is at out-of-band mark +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/socket.h> +.P +.BI "int sockatmark(int " sockfd ); +.fi +.P +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.P +.BR sockatmark (): +.nf + _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR sockatmark () +returns a value indicating whether or not the socket referred +to by the file descriptor +.I sockfd +is at the out-of-band mark. +If the socket is at the mark, then 1 is returned; +if the socket is not at the mark, 0 is returned. +This function does not remove the out-of-band mark. +.SH RETURN VALUE +A successful call to +.BR sockatmark () +returns 1 if the socket is at the out-of-band mark, or 0 if it is not. +On error, \-1 is returned and +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EBADF +.I sockfd +is not a valid file descriptor. +.TP +.B EINVAL +.\" POSIX.1 says ENOTTY for this case +.I sockfd +is not a file descriptor to which +.BR sockatmark () +can be applied. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR sockatmark () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.2.4. +POSIX.1-2001. +.SH NOTES +If +.BR sockatmark () +returns 1, then the out-of-band data can be read using the +.B MSG_OOB +flag of +.BR recv (2). +.P +Out-of-band data is supported only on some stream socket protocols. +.P +.BR sockatmark () +can safely be called from a handler for the +.B SIGURG +signal. +.P +.BR sockatmark () +is implemented using the +.B SIOCATMARK +.BR ioctl (2) +operation. +.SH BUGS +Prior to glibc 2.4, +.BR sockatmark () +did not work. +.SH EXAMPLES +The following code can be used after receipt of a +.B SIGURG +signal to read (and discard) all data up to the mark, +and then read the byte of data at the mark: +.P +.EX + char buf[BUF_LEN]; + char oobdata; + int atmark, s; +\& + for (;;) { + atmark = sockatmark(sockfd); + if (atmark == \-1) { + perror("sockatmark"); + break; + } +\& + if (atmark) + break; +\& + s = read(sockfd, buf, BUF_LEN); + if (s == \-1) + perror("read"); + if (s <= 0) + break; + } +\& + if (atmark == 1) { + if (recv(sockfd, &oobdata, 1, MSG_OOB) == \-1) { + perror("recv"); + ... + } + } +.EE +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR fcntl (2), +.BR recv (2), +.BR send (2), +.BR tcp (7) |