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NAME

       aio_suspend — wait for an asynchronous I/O request

SYNOPSIS

       #include <aio.h>

       int aio_suspend(const struct aiocb *const list[], int nent,
           const struct timespec *timeout);

DESCRIPTION

       The  aio_suspend()  function  shall suspend the calling thread until at least one of the asynchronous I/O
       operations referenced by the list argument has completed, until a signal interrupts the function, or,  if
       timeout  is  not  NULL,  until  the  time  interval  specified by timeout has passed. If any of the aiocb
       structures in the list correspond to completed asynchronous I/O operations (that is, the error status for
       the  operation  is not equal to [EINPROGRESS]) at the time of the call, the function shall return without
       suspending the calling thread. The list argument is an array of  pointers  to  asynchronous  I/O  control
       blocks.  The nent argument indicates the number of elements in the array. Each aiocb structure pointed to
       has been used in initiating an asynchronous I/O request via  aio_read(),  aio_write(),  or  lio_listio().
       This  array  may  contain null pointers, which are ignored. If this array contains pointers that refer to
       aiocb structures that have not been used in submitting asynchronous I/O, the effect is undefined.

       If the time interval indicated in the timespec structure pointed to by timeout passes before any  of  the
       I/O  operations  referenced by list are completed, then aio_suspend() shall return with an error.  If the
       Monotonic Clock option is supported, the clock that shall be used to measure this time interval shall  be
       the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clock.

RETURN VALUE

       If  the  aio_suspend() function returns after one or more asynchronous I/O operations have completed, the
       function shall return zero. Otherwise, the function shall return a value of −1 and set errno to  indicate
       the error.

       The  application  may  determine  which  asynchronous  I/O completed by scanning the associated error and
       return status using aio_error() and aio_return(), respectively.

ERRORS

       The aio_suspend() function shall fail if:

       EAGAIN No asynchronous I/O indicated in the list referenced  by  list  completed  in  the  time  interval
              indicated by timeout.

       EINTR  A  signal interrupted the aio_suspend() function. Note that, since each asynchronous I/O operation
              may possibly provoke a signal when it completes, this error return may be caused by the completion
              of one (or more) of the very I/O operations being awaited.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       aio_read(), aio_write(), lio_listio()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <aio.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition,
       Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc
       and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In  the  event
       of  any  discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original
       IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
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