Module nix::sys::aio [−][src]
POSIX Asynchronous I/O
The POSIX AIO interface is used for asynchronous I/O on files and disk-like
devices. It supports read
,
write
, and
fsync
operations. Completion
notifications can optionally be delivered via
signals, via the
aio_suspend
function, or via polling. Some
platforms support other completion
notifications, such as
kevent.
Multiple operations may be submitted in a batch with
lio_listio
, though the standard does not guarantee
that they will be executed atomically.
Outstanding operations may be cancelled with
cancel
or
aio_cancel_all
, though the operating system may
not support this for all filesystems and devices.
Structs
AioCb | AIO Control Block. |
LioCb | LIO Control Block. |
Enums
AioCancelStat | Return values for |
AioFsyncMode | Mode for |
Buffer | Owns (uniquely or shared) a memory buffer to keep it from |
LioMode | Mode for |
LioOpcode | When used with |
Functions
aio_cancel_all | Cancels outstanding AIO requests for a given file descriptor. |
aio_suspend | Suspends the calling process until at least one of the specified |