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NAME
mq_notify — notify process that a message is available (REALTIME)
SYNOPSIS
#include <mqueue.h>
int mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification);
DESCRIPTION
If the argument notification is not NULL, this function shall 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 shall 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 shall fail.
If notification is NULL and the process is currently registered for notification by the specified message
queue, the existing registration shall be removed.
When the notification is sent to the registered process, its registration shall be removed. The message
queue shall then be 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() or mq_timedreceive() waiting to receive a message when a message arrives at the
queue, the arriving message shall satisfy the appropriate mq_receive() or mq_timedreceive(),
respectively. The resulting behavior is as if the message queue remains empty, and no notification shall
be sent.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the mq_notify() function shall return a value of zero; otherwise, the
function shall return a value of -1 and set errno to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The mq_notify() function shall fail if:
EBADF The mqdes argument is not a valid message queue descriptor.
EBUSY A process is already registered for notification by the message queue.
The mq_notify() function may fail if:
EINVAL The notification argument is NULL and the process is currently not registered.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
The following program registers a notification request for the message queue named in its command-line
argument. Notification is performed by creating a thread. The thread executes a function which reads one
message from the queue and then terminates the process.
#include <pthread.h>
#include <mqueue.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
static void /* Thread start function */
tfunc(union sigval sv)
{
struct mq_attr attr;
ssize_t nr;
void *buf;
mqd_t mqdes = *((mqd_t *) sv.sival_ptr);
/* Determine maximum msg size; allocate buffer to receive msg */
if (mq_getattr(mqdes, &attr) == -1) {
perror("mq_getattr");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
buf = malloc(attr.mq_msgsize);
if (buf == NULL) {
perror("malloc");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
nr = mq_receive(mqdes, buf, attr.mq_msgsize, NULL);
if (nr == -1) {
perror("mq_receive");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("Read %ld bytes from message queue\n", (long) nr);
free(buf);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); /* Terminate the process */
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
mqd_t mqdes;
struct sigevent not;
assert(argc == 2);
mqdes = mq_open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
if (mqdes == (mqd_t) -1) {
perror("mq_open");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
not.sigev_notify = SIGEV_THREAD;
not.sigev_notify_function = tfunc;
not.sigev_notify_attributes = NULL;
not.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &mqdes; /* Arg. to thread func. */
if (mq_notify(mqdes, ¬) == -1) {
perror("mq_notify");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
pause(); /* Process will be terminated by thread function */
}
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
mq_open(), mq_send(), mq_receive(), msgctl(), msgget(), msgrcv(), msgsnd()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <mqueue.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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.
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