The aio_cancel or aio_cancel64 subroutine includes information for the POSIX AIO aio_cancel subroutine (as defined in the IEEE std 1003.1-2001), and the Legacy AIO aio_cancel subroutine.
POSIX AIO aio_cancel Subroutine
Cancels one or more outstanding asynchronous I/O requests.
Standard C Library (libc.a)
#include <aio.h> int aio_cancel (fildes, aiocbp) int fildes; struct aiocb *aiocbp;
The aio_cancel subroutine cancels one or more asynchronous I/O requests currently outstanding against the fildes parameter. The aiocbp parameter points to the asynchronous I/O control block for a particular request to be canceled. If aiocbp is NULL, all outstanding cancelable asynchronous I/O requests against fildes are canceled.
Normal asynchronous notification occurs for asynchronous I/O operations that are successfully canceled. If there are requests that cannot be canceled, the normal asynchronous completion process takes place for those requests when they are completed.
For requested operations that are successfully canceled, the associated error status is set to ECANCELED, and a -1 is returned. For requested operations that are not successfully canceled, the aiocbp parameter is not modified by the aio_cancel subroutine.
If aiocbp is not NULL, and if fildes does not have the same value as the file descriptor with which the asynchronous operation was initiated, unspecified results occur.
The implementation of the subroutine defines which operations are cancelable.
| fildes | Identifies the object to which the outstanding asynchronous I/O requests were originally queued. |
| aiocbp | Points to the aiocb structure associated with the I/O operation. |
The aiocb structure is defined in the /usr/include/aio.h file and contains the following members:
int aio_fildes off_t aio_offset char *aio_buf size_t aio_nbytes int aio_reqprio struct sigevent aio_sigevent int aio_lio_opcode
The aio_cancel and aio_cancel64 subroutines can be called from the process environment only.
The aio_cancel subroutine returns AIO_CANCELED to the calling process if the requested operation(s) were canceled. AIO_NOTCANCELED is returned if at least one of the requested operations cannot be canceled because it is in progress. In this case, the state of the other operations, 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 the aio_error subroutine. AIO_ALLDONE is returned if all of the operations are completed. Otherwise, the subroutine returns -1 and sets the errno global variable to indicate the error.
| EBADF | The fildes parameter is not a valid file descriptor. |
aio_error or aio_error64 Subroutine, aio_read or aio_read64 Subroutine, aio_return or aio_return64 Subroutine, aio_suspend or aio_suspend64 Subroutine, aio_write or aio_write64 Subroutine, and lio_listio or lio_listio64 Subroutine.
The Asynchronous I/O Subsystem and Communications I/O Subsystem in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.
The Input and Output Handling in AIX 5L Version 5.2 General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs describes the files, commands, and subroutines used for low-level, stream, terminal, and asynchronous I/O interfaces.
Legacy AIO aio_cancel Subroutine
Cancels one or more outstanding asynchronous I/O requests.
Standard C Library (libc.a)
#include <aio.h>
aio_cancel ( FileDescriptor, aiocbp)
int FileDescriptor;
struct aiocb *aiocbp;
aio_cancel64 ( FileDescriptor, aiocbp)
int FileDescriptor;
struct aiocb64 *aiocbp;
The aio_cancel subroutine attempts to cancel one or more outstanding asynchronous I/O requests issued on the file associated with the FileDescriptor parameter. If the pointer to the aio control block (aiocb) structure (the aiocbp parameter) is not null, then an attempt is made to cancel the I/O request associated with this aiocb. The aiocbp parameter used by the thread calling aix_cancel must have had its request initiated by this same thread. Otherwise, a -1 is returned and errno is set to EINVAL. However, if the aiocbp parameter is null, then an attempt is made to cancel all outstanding asynchronous I/O requests associated with the FileDescriptor parameter without regard to the initiating thread.
The aio_cancel64 subroutine is similar to the aio_cancel subroutine except that it attempts to cancel outstanding large file enabled asynchronous I/O requests. Large file enabled asynchronous I/O requests make use of the aiocb64 structure instead of the aiocb structure. The aiocb64 structure allows asynchronous I/O requests to specify offsets in excess of OFF_MAX (2 gigbytes minus 1).
In the large file enabled programming environment, aio_cancel is redefined to be aio_cancel64.
When an I/O request is canceled, the aio_error (aio_error or aio_error64 Subroutine) subroutine called with the handle to the corresponding aiocb structure returns ECANCELED.
#define _AIO_AIX_SOURCE #include <sys/aio.h>or, on the command line when compiling enter:
->xlc ... -D_AIO_AIX_SOURCE ... legacy_aio_program.c
| FileDescriptor | Identifies the object to which the outstanding asynchronous I/O requests were originally queued. |
| aiocbp | Points to the aiocb structure associated with the I/O operation. |
The aiocb structure is defined in the /usr/include/aio.h file and contains the following members:
int aio_whence off_t aio_offset char *aio_buf size_t aio_nbytes int aio_reqprio struct event aio_event struct osigevent aio_event int aio_flag aiohandle_t aio_handle
The aio_cancel and aio_cancel64 subroutines can be called from the process environment only.
A return code can be set to the following errno value:
| EBADF | Indicates that the FileDescriptor parameter is not valid. |
aio_error or aio_error64 Subroutine, aio_read or aio_read64 Subroutine, aio_return or aio_return64 Subroutine, aio_suspend or aio_suspend64 Subroutine, and aio_write or aio_write64 Subroutine, lio_listio or lio_listio64 Subroutine.
The Asynchronous I/O Subsystem and Communications I/O Subsystem in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.
The Input and Output Handling in AIX 5L Version 5.2 General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs describes the files, commands, and subroutines used for low-level, stream, terminal, and asynchronous I/O interfaces.