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MRECVL(3)		   libdill Library Functions		     MRECVL(3)

NAME
       mrecvl -	receives a message

SYNOPSIS
	      #include <libdill.h>

	      ssize_t mrecvl(
		  int s,
		  struct iolist* first,
		  struct iolist* last,
		  int64_t deadline);

DESCRIPTION
       This  function receives message from a socket.  It is a blocking	opera-
       tion that unblocks only after entire message is received.  There	is  no
       such thing as partial receive.  Either entire message is	received or no
       message at all.

       This  function accepts a	linked list of I/O buffers instead of a	single
       buffer.	Argument first points to the first  item  in  the  list,  last
       points  to  the last buffer in the list.	 The list represents a single,
       fragmented message, not a list of multiple messages.  Structure	iolist
       has the following members:

	      void *iol_base;	       /* Pointer to the buffer. */
	      size_t iol_len;	       /* Size of the buffer. */
	      struct iolist *iol_next; /* Next buffer in the list. */
	      int iol_rsvd;	       /* Reserved. Must be set	to zero. */

       When  receiving,	iol_base equal to NULL means that iol_len bytes	should
       be skipped.

       The function returns EINVAL error in the	case the list is malformed:

        If last->iol_next is not NULL.

        If first and last don't belong	to the same list.

        If there's a loop in the list.

        If iol_rsvd of	any item is non-zero.

       The list	(but not the buffers themselves) can be	 temporarily  modified
       while  the function is in progress.  However, once the function returns
       the list	is guaranteed to be the	same as	before the call.

       s: The socket.

       first: Pointer to the first item	of a linked list of I/O	buffers.

       last: Pointer to	the last item of a linked list of I/O buffers.

       deadline: A point in time when the operation should time	out,  in  mil-
       liseconds.   Use	the now	function to get	your current point in time.  0
       means immediate timeout,	i.e., perform the operation if possible	or re-
       turn without blocking if	not.  -1 means no  deadline,  i.e.,  the  call
       will block forever if the operation cannot be performed.

       If  both	 first	and  last arguments are	set to NULL the	message	is re-
       ceived and silently dropped.  The function will still return  the  size
       of the message.

RETURN VALUE
       In  case	 of success the	function returns size of the received message,
       in bytes.  In case of error it returns -1 and sets errno	to one of  the
       values below.

ERRORS
        EBADF:	Invalid	handle.

        EBUSY:	The handle is currently	being used by a	different coroutine.

        ECANCELED: Current coroutine was canceled.

        ECONNRESET: Broken connection.

        EINVAL: Invalid argument.

        EMSGSIZE: The data won't fit into the supplied	buffer.

        ENOTSUP: The handle does not support this operation.

        EPIPE:	Closed connection.

        ETIMEDOUT: Deadline was reached.

SEE ALSO
       mrecv(3)	msend(3) msendl(3) now(3)

libdill								     MRECVL(3)

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