From c66ef25c7dfd0c2a3c4a8aa8eea223fa186c2311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Garrett D'Amore Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:50:43 -0700 Subject: fixes #303 Flesh out compatible API docs --- docs/man/nn_recvmsg.3compat.adoc | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 98 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/man/nn_recvmsg.3compat.adoc (limited to 'docs/man/nn_recvmsg.3compat.adoc') diff --git a/docs/man/nn_recvmsg.3compat.adoc b/docs/man/nn_recvmsg.3compat.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f9683d50 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/man/nn_recvmsg.3compat.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ += nn_recvmsg(3compat) +// +// Copyright 2018 Staysail Systems, Inc. +// Copyright 2018 Capitar IT Group BV +// +// This document is supplied under the terms of the MIT License, a +// copy of which should be located in the distribution where this +// file was obtained (LICENSE.txt). A copy of the license may also be +// found online at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. +// + +== NAME + +nn_recvmsg - receive message (compatible API) + +== SYNOPSIS + +[source, c] +---- +#include + +int nn_recvmsg(int sock, struct nn_msghdr *hdr, int flags); +---- + +== DESCRIPTION + +The `nn_recvmsg()` function receives a message into the heade described by +_hdr_ using the socket _sock_. + +NOTE: This function is provided for API +<> with legacy _libnanomsg_. +Consider using the relevant <> instead. + +The _flags_ field may contain the special flag `NN_DONTWAIT`. +In this case, if no message is ready for receiving on _sock_, +the operation shall not block, but instead will fail with the error `EAGAIN`. + +The _hdr_ points to a structure of type `struct nn_msghdr`, which has the +following definition: + +[source, c] +---- +struct nn_iovec { + void * iov_base; + size_t iov_len; +}; + +struct nn_msghdr { + struct nn_iovec *msg_iov; + int msg_iovlen; + void * msg_control; + size_t msg_controllen; +}; +---- + +The `msg_iov` is an array of scatter items, permitting the message +to be spread into different memory blocks. +There are `msg_iovlen` elements in this array, each of which +has the base address (`iov_base`) and length (`iov_len`) indicated. + +The last member of this array may have the `iov_len` field set to `NN_MSG`, +in which case the function shall allocate a message buffer, and store the +pointer to it at the address indicated by `iov_base`. +This can help save an extra copy operation. +The buffer should be deallocated by `<>` +or similar when it is no longer needed. + +The values of `msg_control` and `msg_controllen` describe a buffer +of ancillary data associated with the message. +This is currenly only useful to obtain the message headers +used with <> sockets. +In all other circumstances these fields should be zero. +Details about this structure are covered in +`<>`. + +== RETURN VALUES + +This function returns the number of bytes received on success, and -1 on error. + +== ERRORS + +[horizontal] +`EAGAIN`:: The operation would block. +`EBADF`:: The socket _sock_ is not open. +`EFSM`:: The socket cannot receive in this state. +`EINVAL`:: The _hdr_ is invalid. +`ENOTSUP`:: This protocol cannot receive. +`ETIMEDOUT`:: Operation timed out. + +== SEE ALSO + +<>, +<>, +<>, +<>, +<>, +<>, +<> -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2