libdill: Structured Concurrency for C

NAME

ipc_pair - creates a pair of mutually connected IPC sockets

#include <libdill.h>

int ipc_pair(
    int s[2]);

This function creates a pair of mutually connected IPC sockets.

s: Out parameter. Two handles to the opposite ends of the connection.

The sockets can be cleanly shut down using ipc_close function.

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

ECANCELED: Current coroutine was canceled.
EMFILE: The maximum number of file descriptors in the process are already open.
ENFILE: The maximum number of file descriptors in the system are already open.
ENOMEM: Not enough memory.

int s[2];
int rc = ipc_pair(s);