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34 .Nd asynchronous write to a file (REALTIME)
40 .Fn aio_write "struct aiocb *aiocbp"
44 system call allows the calling process to write
45 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_nbytes
46 from the buffer pointed to by
47 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_buf
49 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes .
50 The call returns immediately after the write request has been enqueued
51 to the descriptor; the write may or may not have completed at the time
53 If the request could not be enqueued, generally due
54 to invalid arguments, the call returns without having enqueued the
60 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes ,
62 operations append to the file in the same order as the calls were
66 is not set for the file descriptor, the write operation will occur at
67 the absolute position from the beginning of the file plus
68 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset .
71 .Dv _POSIX_PRIORITIZED_IO
72 is defined, and the descriptor supports it, then the enqueued
73 operation is submitted at a priority equal to that of the calling
75 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_reqprio .
79 pointer may be subsequently used as an argument to
83 in order to determine return or error status for the enqueued operation
84 while it is in progress.
86 If the request is successfully enqueued, the value of
87 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
88 can be modified during the request as context, so this value must not
89 be referenced after the request is enqueued.
91 The Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure pointed to by
93 and the buffer that the
94 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_buf
95 member of that structure references must remain valid until the
96 operation has completed.
97 For this reason, use of auto (stack) variables
98 for these objects is discouraged.
100 The asynchronous I/O control buffer
102 should be zeroed before the
104 system call to avoid passing bogus context information to the kernel.
106 Modifications of the Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure or the
107 buffer contents after the request has been enqueued, but before the
108 request has completed, are not allowed.
110 If the file offset in
111 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
112 is past the offset maximum for
113 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes ,
120 system call will fail if:
123 The request was not queued because of system resource limitations.
126 The following conditions may be synchronously detected when the
128 system call is made, or asynchronously, at any time thereafter.
130 are detected at call time,
134 appropriately; otherwise the
136 system call must be called, and will return \-1, and
138 must be called to determine the actual value that would have been
145 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes
147 is invalid, or is not opened for writing.
150 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
151 is not valid, the priority specified by
152 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_reqprio
153 is not a valid priority, or the number of bytes specified by
154 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_nbytes
158 If the request is successfully enqueued, but subsequently canceled
159 or an error occurs, the value returned by the
161 system call is per the
163 system call, and the value returned by the
165 system call is either one of the error returns from the
167 system call, or one of:
171 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes
173 is invalid for writing.
175 The request was explicitly canceled via a call to
179 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
192 is expected to conform to the
198 system call first appeared in