libdill: Structured Concurrency for C

NAME

bsendl - sends data to a socket

SYNOPSIS

#include <libdill.h>

int bsendl(
    int s,
    struct iolist* first,
    struct iolist* last,
    int64_t deadline);

DESCRIPTION

This function sends data to a bytestream socket. It is a blocking operation that unblocks only after all the data are sent. There is no such thing as partial send. If a problem, including timeout, occurs while sending the data error is returned to the user and the socket cannot be used for sending from that point on.

This function accepts a linked list of I/O buffers instead of a single buffer. Argument first points to the first item in the list, last points to the last buffer in the list. The list represents a single, fragmented message, not a list of multiple messages. Structure iolist has the following members:

void *iol_base;          /* Pointer to the buffer. */
size_t iol_len;          /* Size of the buffer. */
struct iolist *iol_next; /* Next buffer in the list. */
int iol_rsvd;            /* Reserved. Must be set to zero. */

When receiving, iol_base equal to NULL means that iol_len bytes should be skipped.

The function returns EINVAL error in the case the list is malformed:

If last->iol_next is not NULL.
If first and last don't belong to the same list.
If there's a loop in the list.
If iol_rsvd of any item is non-zero.

The list (but not the buffers themselves) can be temporarily modified while the function is in progress. However, once the function returns the list is guaranteed to be the same as before the call.

s: The socket to send the data to.

first: Pointer to the first item of a linked list of I/O buffers.

last: Pointer to the last item of a linked list of I/O buffers.

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.

RETURN VALUE

In case of success the function returns 0. In case of error it returns -1 and sets errno to one of the values below.

ERRORS