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34 .Nd asynchronous read from a file (REALTIME)
40 .Fn aio_read "struct aiocb *aiocbp"
44 system call allows the calling process to read
45 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_nbytes
47 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes
48 beginning at the offset
49 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
50 into the buffer pointed to by
51 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_buf .
52 The call returns immediately after the read request has
53 been enqueued to the descriptor; the read may or may not have
54 completed at the time the call returns.
57 .Dv _POSIX_PRIORITIZED_IO
58 is defined, and the descriptor supports it,
59 then the enqueued operation is submitted at a priority equal to that
60 of the calling process minus
61 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_reqprio .
64 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_lio_opcode
72 pointer may be subsequently used as an argument to
76 in order to determine return or error status for the enqueued operation
77 while it is in progress.
79 If the request could not be enqueued (generally due to invalid arguments),
80 then the call returns without having enqueued the request.
82 If the request is successfully enqueued, the value of
83 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
84 can be modified during the request as context, so this value must
85 not be referenced after the request is enqueued.
87 The Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure pointed to by
89 and the buffer that the
90 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_buf
91 member of that structure references must remain valid until the
92 operation has completed.
93 For this reason, use of auto (stack) variables
94 for these objects is discouraged.
96 The asynchronous I/O control buffer
98 should be zeroed before the
100 call to avoid passing bogus context information to the kernel.
102 Modifications of the Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure or the
103 buffer contents after the request has been enqueued, but before the
104 request has completed, are not allowed.
106 If the file offset in
107 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
108 is past the offset maximum for
109 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes ,
118 system call will fail if:
121 The request was not queued because of system resource limitations.
124 The following conditions may be synchronously detected when the
126 system call is made, or asynchronously, at any time thereafter.
128 are detected at call time,
132 appropriately; otherwise the
134 system call must be called, and will return \-1, and
136 must be called to determine the actual value that would have been
143 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes
148 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
149 is not valid, the priority specified by
150 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_reqprio
151 is not a valid priority, or the number of bytes specified by
152 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_nbytes
155 The file is a regular file,
156 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_nbytes
157 is greater than zero, the starting offset in
158 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
159 is before the end of the file, but is at or beyond the
160 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes
164 If the request is successfully enqueued, but subsequently cancelled
165 or an error occurs, the value returned by the
167 system call is per the
169 system call, and the value returned by the
171 system call is either one of the error returns from the
173 system call, or one of:
177 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_fildes
179 is invalid for reading.
181 The request was explicitly cancelled via a call to
185 .Fa aiocbp-\*[Gt]aio_offset
198 system call is expected to conform to the
204 system call first appeared in