AIO_CANCEL(3)							 AIO_CANCEL(3)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     aio_cancel, aio_cancel64 -	cancel an asynchronous I/O request

C SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <aio.h>

     int aio_cancel(int	fildes,	aiocb_t	*aiocbp);

     int aio_cancel64(int fildes, aiocb64_t *aiocbp);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The aio_cancel() function attempts	to cancel one or more asynchronous I/O
     requests currently	outstanding against file descriptor fildes. The	aiocb
     argument points to	the asynchronous I/O control block for a particular
     request to	be canceled. If	aiocbp is NULL,	then all outstanding
     cancelable	asynchronous I/O requests against fildes are canceled.

     The aio_cancel64()	function is identical to aio_cancel() except that it
     takes an aiocb64_t	* (see <aio.h>).  This structure allows	for the
     specification of a	file offset greater than 2 Gigabytes.  The user	must
     define _ABI_SOURCE	and include -labi to access the	aio64 routines.

     Normal signal delivery shall not occur for	asynchronous I/O operations
     that are successfully canceled. If	there are requests which can not be
     canceled, then the	normal asynchronous completion process shall take
     place for those requests when they	are completed.

     For requested operations that are successfully canceled the associated
     error status is set to ECANCELED and the return status is -1. For
     requested operations that are not successfully canceled the aiocbp	is not
     modified by aio_cancel().

     If	aiocbp is no NULL, then	if fildes does not have	the same value as the
     file descriptor with which	the asynchronous operation was initiated,
     unspecified results occur.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     aio_read(3), aio_write(3),	aio_sgi_init(3).

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The aio_cancel() function returns the value AIO_CANCELED to the calling
     process if	the requested operation(s) were	canceled. The value
     AIO_NOTCANCELED is	returned if at least one of the	requested operation(s)
     can not be	canceled because it is in progress. In this case, the state of
     the other operations, if any, referenced in the call to aio_cancel() is
     not indicated by the return value of aio_cancel().	The application	may
     determine the state of affairs for	these operations by using aio_error().
     The value AIO_ALLDONE is returned if all of the operations	have already
     completed.	Otherwise, the function	shall return -1, and sets errno	to
     indicate the error.

     If	any of the conditions below occur, the aio_cancel() function shall



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AIO_CANCEL(3)							 AIO_CANCEL(3)



     return -1 and set errno to	the corresponding value.

     [EBADF]	    The	fildes argument	is not a valid file descriptor.


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