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diff --git a/doc/man/fqueue.3 b/doc/man/fqueue.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..611d54c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/fqueue.3 @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.\" Ouroboros man pages (C) 2017 +.\" Dimitri Staessens <dimitri.staessens@ugent.be> +.\" Sander Vrijders <sander.vrijders@ugent.be> + +.TH FQUEUE 3 2017-08-29 GNU "Ouroboros Programmer's Manual" + +.SH NAME + +fqueue_create, fqueue_destroy, fqueue_next, fevent \- I/O multiplexing +on flows + +.SH SYNOPSIS + +.B #include <ouroboros/fqueue.h> + +\fBfqueue_t * fqueue_create(void);\fR + +\fBvoid fqueue_destroy(fqueue_t * \fIfq\fB); + +\fBint fqueue_next(fqueue_t * \fIfq\fB); + +\fBint fevent(fset_t * \fIset\fB, fqueue_t * \fIfq\fB, +const struct timespec * \fItimeo\fB); + +Compile and link with \fI-louroboros\fR. + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +These calls are used to + +The \fBfqueue_create\fR() function creates an fqueue_t structure which +is an event queue that stores events that occured within a certain +\fBfset_t\fR. + +The \fBfqueue_destroy\fR() function frees any resources associated with +an \fBfqueue_t\fR \fIfq\fR. + +The \fBfqueue_next\fR() function retrieves the next event (a \fIflow +descriptor\fR) that is ready within the event queue \fIfq\fR. + +The \fBfevent\fR() function retrieves all events that occured on any +\fIflow descriptor\fR within \fIset\fR and returns them in the event +queue \fBfq\fR. If a \fBstruct timespec *\fI timeo\fR can be provided, +it will return either with new events or when \fItimeo\fR has expired. +If \fItimeo\fR is NULL, the call will block indefinitely until an +event occurs. + +.SH RETURN VALUE + +On success, \fBfqueue_create\fR() returns a pointer to an +\fBfqueue_t\fR. + +\fBfqueue_destroy\fR() has no return value. + +On success, \fBfevent\fR() returns the number of events that occured in \fIset\fR. + +.SH ERRORS + +\fBfqueue_create\fR() returns NULL when insufficient resources +were available to create the \fBfqueue_t\fR. + +\fBfqueue_next\fR() and \fBfevent\fR() can return + +.B -EINVAL +An invalid argument was passed (\fIfq\fR or \fIset\fR was \fINULL\fR). + +In addition, \fBfqueue_next\fR() can return + +.B -EPERM +No more fds available in \fIfq\fR. + +and \fBfevent\fR() can return + +.B -ETIMEDOUT +the interval set int \fItimeo\tR expired before any event in \fIset\fR +occured. + +.SH ATTRIBUTES + +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see \fBattributes\fR(7). + +.TS +box, tab(&); +LB|LB|LB +L|L|L. +Interface & Attribute & Value +_ +\fBfqueue_create\fR() & Thread safety & MT-Safe +_ +\fBfqueue_destroy\fR() & Thread safety & MT-Safe +_ +\fBfqueue_next\fR() & Thread safety & MT-Safe +_ +\fBfevent\fR() & Thread safety & MT-Safe +.TE + +.SH SEE ALSO + +.BR fset_create "(3), " fset_destroy "(3), " \ +fset_add "(3), " fset_del "(3), " fset_has "(3), " fset_zero (3) + +.SH COLOPHON +This page is part of the Ouroboros project, found at +https://bitbucket.org/ouroboros-rina/ouroboros |