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io_uring_prep_openat - prepare an openat requestSYNOPSIS top
**#include <sys/types.h>**
**#include <sys/stat.h>**
**#include <fcntl.h>**
**#include <liburing.h>**
**void io_uring_prep_open(struct io_uring_sqe ***_sqe_**,**
**const char ***_path_**,**
**int** _flags_**,**
**mode_t** _mode_**);**
**void io_uring_prep_open_direct(struct io_uring_sqe ***_sqe_**,**
**const char ***_path_**,**
**int** _flags_**,**
**mode_t** _mode_**,**
**unsigned** _fileindex_**);**
**void io_uring_prep_openat(struct io_uring_sqe ***_sqe_**,**
**int** _dfd_**,**
**const char ***_path_**,**
**int** _flags_**,**
**mode_t** _mode_**);**
**void io_uring_prep_openat_direct(struct io_uring_sqe ***_sqe_**,**
**int** _dfd_**,**
**const char ***_path_**,**
**int** _flags_**,**
**mode_t** _mode_**,**
**unsigned** _fileindex_**);**DESCRIPTION top
The [io_uring_prep_openat(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fprep%5Fopenat.3.html) function prepares an openat request.
The submission queue entry _sqe_ is setup to use the directory file
descriptor _dfd_ to start opening a file described by _path_ and using
the open flags in _flags_ and using the file mode bits specified in
_mode_. Similarly [io_uring_prep_open(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fprep%5Fopen.3.html) prepares an open request.
If the direct variant is used, the application must first have
registered a file table using [io_uring_register_files(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fregister%5Ffiles.3.html) of the
appropriate size. Once registered, a direct accept request may use
any entry in that table and is specified in _fileindex_ , as long
as it is within the size of the registered table. If a specified
entry already contains a file, the file will first be removed from
the table and closed. It's consistent with the behavior of
updating an existing file with [io_uring_register_files_update(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fregister%5Ffiles%5Fupdate.3.html).
If **IORING_FILE_INDEX_ALLOC** is used as the _fileindex_ for a direct
open, then io_uring will allocate a free direct descriptor in the
existing table. The allocated descriptor is returned in the CQE
_res_ field just like it would be for a non-direct open request. If
no more entries are available in the direct descriptor table,
**-ENFILE** is returned instead.
Direct descriptors are io_uring private file descriptors. They
avoid some of the overhead associated with thread shared file
tables, and can be used in any subsequent io_uring request that
takes a file descriptor. To do so, **IOSQE_FIXED_FILE** must be set in
the SQE _flags_ member, and the SQE _fd_ field should use the direct
descriptor value rather than the regular file descriptor. Direct
descriptors are managed like registered files.
The directory file descriptor _dfd_ is always a regular file
descriptor.
Note that old kernels don't check the SQE _fileindex_ field, which
is not a problem for liburing helpers, but users of the raw
io_uring interface need to zero SQEs to avoid unexpected behavior.
These functions prepare an async [openat(2)](../man2/openat.2.html) or [open(2)](../man2/open.2.html) request. See
that man page for details.RETURN VALUE top
NoneERRORS top
The CQE _res_ field will contain the result of the operation. See
the related man page for details on possible values. Note that
where synchronous system calls will return **-1** on failure and set
_[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to the actual error value, io_uring never uses _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_.
Instead it returns the negated _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ directly in the CQE _res_
field.NOTES top
As with any request that passes in data in a struct, that data
must remain valid until the request has been successfully
submitted. It need not remain valid until completion. Once a
request has been submitted, the in-kernel state is stable. Very
early kernels (5.4 and earlier) required state to be stable until
the completion occurred. Applications can test for this behavior
by inspecting the **IORING_FEAT_SUBMIT_STABLE** flag passed back from
[io_uring_queue_init_params(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fqueue%5Finit%5Fparams.3.html).SEE ALSO top
[io_uring_get_sqe(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fget%5Fsqe.3.html), [io_uring_submit(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fsubmit.3.html), [io_uring_register(2)](../man2/io%5Furing%5Fregister.2.html),
[openat(2)](../man2/openat.2.html)COLOPHON top
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Pages that refer to this page:io_uring_prep_open(3), io_uring_prep_openat(3), io_uring_prep_openat_direct(3), io_uring_prep_open_direct(3)