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MQ_NOTIFY(2) FreeBSD System Calls Manual MQ_NOTIFY(2)
NAME
mq_notify - notify process that a message is available (REALTIME)
LIBRARY
POSIX Real-time Library (librt, -lrt)
SYNOPSIS
#include <mqueue.h>
int
mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification);
DESCRIPTION
If the argument notification is not NULL, this system call will register
the calling process to be notified of message arrival at an empty message
queue associated with the specified message queue descriptor, mqdes. The
notification specified by the notification argument will be sent to the
process when the message queue transitions from empty to non-empty. At
any time, only one process may be registered for notification by a
message queue. If the calling process or any other process has already
registered for notification of message arrival at the specified message
queue, subsequent attempts to register for that message queue will fail.
The notification argument points to a sigevent structure that defines how
the calling process will be notified. If notification->sigev_notify is
SIGEV_NONE, then no signal will be posted, but the error status and the
return status for the operation will be set appropriately. For
SIGEV_SIGNO and SIGEV_THREAD_ID notifications, the signal specified in
notification->sigev_signo will be sent to the calling process
(SIGEV_SIGNO) or to the thread whose LWP ID is
notification->sigev_notify_thread_id (SIGEV_THREAD_ID). The information
for the queued signal will include:
Member Value
si_code SI_MESGQ
si_value the value stored in notification->sigev_value
si_mqd mqdes
If notification is NULL and the process is currently registered for
notification by the specified message queue, the existing registration
will be removed.
When the notification is sent to the registered process, its registration
is removed. The message queue then is available for registration.
If a process has registered for notification of message arrival at a
message queue and some thread is blocked in mq_receive() waiting to
receive a message when a message arrives at the queue, the arriving
message will satisfy the appropriate mq_receive(). The resulting
behavior is as if the message queue remains empty, and no notification
will be sent.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the
value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
error.
message queue.
[EINVAL] The asynchronous notification method in
notification->sigev_notify is invalid or not
supported.
SEE ALSO
mq_open(2), mq_send(2), mq_timedsend(2), sigevent(3), siginfo(3)
STANDARDS
The mq_notify() system call conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 ("POSIX.1").
HISTORY
Support for POSIX message queues first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is
the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html.
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