NAME

SYNOPSIS

#include <libdill.h>
int ipc_connect_mem(
    const char* addr,
    struct ipc_storage* mem,
    int64_t deadline);

    

DESCRIPTION

This function creates a connection to a remote IPC endpoint.

This function allows to avoid one dynamic memory allocation by storing the object in user-supplied memory. Unless you are hyper-optimizing use ipc_connect instead.

addr: Filename to connect to.

mem: The structure to store the newly created object in. It must not be deallocated before the object is closed.

deadline: A point in time when the operation should time out, in milliseconds. Use the now function to get your current point in time. 0 means immediate timeout, i.e., perform the operation if possible or return without blocking if not. -1 means no deadline, i.e., the call will block forever if the operation cannot be performed.

The socket can be cleanly shut down using ipc_close function.

This function is not available if libdill is compiled with --disable-sockets option.

RETURN VALUE

ERRORS

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EACCES: The process does not have appropriate privileges.

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ECANCELED: Current coroutine was canceled.

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ECONNREFUSED: The target address was not listening for connections or refused the connection request.

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ECONNRESET: Remote host reset the connection request.

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EINVAL: Invalid argument.

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ELOOP: A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the pathname in address.

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EMFILE: The maximum number of file descriptors in the process are already open.

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ENAMETOOLONG: A component of a pathname exceeded NAME_MAX characters, or an entire pathname exceeded PATH_MAX characters.

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ENFILE: The maximum number of file descriptors in the system are already open.

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ENOENT: A component of the pathname does not name an existing file or the pathname is an empty string.

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ENOMEM: Not enough memory.

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ENOTDIR: A component of the path prefix of the pathname in address is not a directory.

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ETIMEDOUT: Deadline was reached.

EXAMPLE

int s = ipc_connect("/tmp/test.ipc", -1);
bsend(s, "ABC", 3, -1);
char buf[3];
brecv(s, buf, sizeof(buf), -1);
ipc_close(s);

    

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