Allocates or changes the table of RSi handles.
RSI Library (libSpmi.a)
#include sys/Rsi.h
RSiHandle RSiInit(count) int count;
Before any other RSi call is executed, a data-consumer program must issue the RSiInit call. Its purpose is to either:
countMust specify the number of elements in the array of RSi handles. If the call is used to expand a previously allocated array, this argument must be larger than the current number of array elements. It must always be larger than zero. Specify the size of the array to be at least as large as the number of hosts your data-consumer program can talk to at any point in time.
If successful, the subroutine returns the address of the allocated array. If an error occurs, an error text is placed in the external character array RSiEMsg and the subroutine returns NULL. When used to increase the size of a previously allocated array, the subroutine first allocates the new array, then moves the entire old array to the new area. Application programs should, therefore, refer to elements in the RSi handle array by index rather than by address if they anticipate the need for expanding the array. The array only needs to be expanded if the number of remote hosts a data-consumer program talks to might increase over the life of the program.
An application that calls RSiInit repeatedly needs to preserve the previous address of the RSiHandle array while the RSiInit call is re-executed. After the call has completed successfully, the calling program should free the previous array using the free subroutine.
All RSI subroutines use external variables to provide error information. To access these variables, an application program must define the following external variables:
If the subroutine returns without an error, the RSiErrno variable is set to RSiOkay and the RSiEMsg character array is empty. If an error is detected, the RSiErrno variable returns an error code, as defined in the enum RSiErrorType. RSi error codes are described in List of RSi Error Codes.
This subroutine is part of the Performance Toolbox for AIX licensed product.
| /usr/include/sys/Rsi.h | Declares the subroutines, data structures, handles, and macros that an application program can use to access the RSI. |
For related information, see the RSiClose Subroutine.