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IOCTL(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual IOCTL(3P)
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ioctl — control a STREAMS device (**STREAMS**)SYNOPSIS top
#include <stropts.h>
int ioctl(int _fildes_, int _request_, ... /* arg */);DESCRIPTION top
The _ioctl_() function shall perform a variety of control functions
on STREAMS devices. For non-STREAMS devices, the functions
performed by this call are unspecified. The _request_ argument and
an optional third argument (with varying type) shall be passed to
and interpreted by the appropriate part of the STREAM associated
with _fildes_.
The _fildes_ argument is an open file descriptor that refers to a
device.
The _request_ argument selects the control function to be performed
and shall depend on the STREAMS device being addressed.
The _arg_ argument represents additional information that is needed
by this specific STREAMS device to perform the requested function.
The type of _arg_ depends upon the particular control request, but
it shall be either an integer or a pointer to a device-specific
data structure.
The _ioctl_() commands applicable to STREAMS, their arguments, and
error conditions that apply to each individual command are
described below.
The following _ioctl_() commands, with error values indicated, are
applicable to all STREAMS files:
I_PUSH Pushes the module whose name is pointed to by _arg_ onto
the top of the current STREAM, just below the STREAM
head. It then calls the _open_() function of the newly-
pushed module.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_PUSH command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** Invalid module name.
**ENXIO** Open function of new module failed.
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
I_POP Removes the module just below the STREAM head of the
STREAM pointed to by _fildes_. The _arg_ argument should
be 0 in an I_POP request.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_POP command shall fail
if:
**EINVAL** No module present in the STREAM.
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
I_LOOK Retrieves the name of the module just below the STREAM
head of the STREAM pointed to by _fildes_, and places it
in a character string pointed to by _arg_. The buffer
pointed to by _arg_ should be at least FMNAMESZ+1 bytes
long, where FMNAMESZ is defined in _<stropts.h>_.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_LOOK command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** No module present in the STREAM.
I_FLUSH Flushes read and/or write queues, depending on the
value of _arg_. Valid _arg_ values are:
FLUSHR Flush all read queues.
FLUSHW Flush all write queues.
FLUSHRW Flush all read and all write queues.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_FLUSH command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** Invalid _arg_ value.
**EAGAIN** or **ENOSR**
Unable to allocate buffers for flush message.
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
I_FLUSHBAND Flushes a particular band of messages. The _arg_
argument points to a **bandinfo** structure. The _biflag_
member may be one of FLUSHR, FLUSHW, or FLUSHRW as
described above. The _bipri_ member determines the
priority band to be flushed.
I_SETSIG Requests that the STREAMS implementation send the
SIGPOLL signal to the calling process when a
particular event has occurred on the STREAM associated
with _fildes_. I_SETSIG supports an asynchronous
processing capability in STREAMS. The value of _arg_ is
a bitmask that specifies the events for which the
process should be signaled. It is the bitwise-
inclusive OR of any combination of the following
constants:
S_RDNORM A normal (priority band set to 0) message
has arrived at the head of a STREAM head
read queue. A signal shall be generated
even if the message is of zero length.
S_RDBAND A message with a non-zero priority band
has arrived at the head of a STREAM head
read queue. A signal shall be generated
even if the message is of zero length.
S_INPUT A message, other than a high-priority
message, has arrived at the head of a
STREAM head read queue. A signal shall be
generated even if the message is of zero
length.
S_HIPRI A high-priority message is present on a
STREAM head read queue. A signal shall be
generated even if the message is of zero
length.
S_OUTPUT The write queue for normal data (priority
band 0) just below the STREAM head is no
longer full. This notifies the process
that there is room on the queue for
sending (or writing) normal data
downstream.
S_WRNORM Equivalent to S_OUTPUT.
S_WRBAND The write queue for a non-zero priority
band just below the STREAM head is no
longer full. This notifies the process
that there is room on the queue for
sending (or writing) priority data
downstream.
S_MSG A STREAMS signal message that contains the
SIGPOLL signal has reached the front of
the STREAM head read queue.
S_ERROR Notification of an error condition has
reached the STREAM head.
S_HANGUP Notification of a hangup has reached the
STREAM head.
S_BANDURG When used in conjunction with S_RDBAND,
SIGURG is generated instead of SIGPOLL
when a priority message reaches the front
of the STREAM head read queue.
If _arg_ is 0, the calling process shall be unregistered
and shall not receive further SIGPOLL signals for the
stream associated with _fildes_.
Processes that wish to receive SIGPOLL signals shall
ensure that they explicitly register to receive them
using I_SETSIG. If several processes register to
receive this signal for the same event on the same
STREAM, each process shall be signaled when the event
occurs.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_SETSIG command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** The value of _arg_ is invalid.
**EINVAL** The value of _arg_ is 0 and the calling process
is not registered to receive the SIGPOLL
signal.
**EAGAIN** There were insufficient resources to store the
signal request.
I_GETSIG Returns the events for which the calling process is
currently registered to be sent a SIGPOLL signal. The
events are returned as a bitmask in an **int** pointed to
by _arg_, where the events are those specified in the
description of I_SETSIG above.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_GETSIG command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** Process is not registered to receive the
SIGPOLL signal.
I_FIND Compares the names of all modules currently present in
the STREAM to the name pointed to by _arg_, and returns
1 if the named module is present in the STREAM, or
returns 0 if the named module is not present.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_FIND command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** _arg_ does not contain a valid module name.
I_PEEK Retrieves the information in the first message on the
STREAM head read queue without taking the message off
the queue. It is analogous to _getmsg_() except that
this command does not remove the message from the
queue. The _arg_ argument points to a **strpeek**
structure.
The application shall ensure that the _maxlen_ member in
the **ctlbuf** and **databuf strbuf** structures is set to the
number of bytes of control information and/or data
information, respectively, to retrieve. The _flags_
member may be marked RS_HIPRI or 0, as described by
_getmsg_(). If the process sets _flags_ to RS_HIPRI, for
example, I_PEEK shall only look for a high-priority
message on the STREAM head read queue.
I_PEEK returns 1 if a message was retrieved, and
returns 0 if no message was found on the STREAM head
read queue, or if the RS_HIPRI flag was set in _flags_
and a high-priority message was not present on the
STREAM head read queue. It does not wait for a message
to arrive. On return, **ctlbuf** specifies information in
the control buffer, **databuf** specifies information in
the data buffer, and _flags_ contains the value RS_HIPRI
or 0.
I_SRDOPT Sets the read mode using the value of the argument
_arg_. Read modes are described in _read_(). Valid _arg_
flags are:
RNORM Byte-stream mode, the default.
RMSGD Message-discard mode.
RMSGN Message-nondiscard mode.
The bitwise-inclusive OR of RMSGD and RMSGN shall
return **[EINVAL]**. The bitwise-inclusive OR of RNORM
and either RMSGD or RMSGN shall result in the other
flag overriding RNORM which is the default.
In addition, treatment of control messages by the
STREAM head may be changed by setting any of the
following flags in _arg_:
RPROTNORM Fail _read_() with **[EBADMSG]** if a message
containing a control part is at the front
of the STREAM head read queue.
RPROTDAT Deliver the control part of a message as
data when a process issues a _read_().
RPROTDIS Discard the control part of a message,
delivering any data portion, when a
process issues a _read_().
The _ioctl_() function with the I_SRDOPT command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** The _arg_ argument is not valid.
I_GRDOPT Returns the current read mode setting, as described
above, in an **int** pointed to by the argument _arg_. Read
modes are described in _read_().
I_NREAD Counts the number of data bytes in the data part of
the first message on the STREAM head read queue and
places this value in the **int** pointed to by _arg_. The
return value for the command shall be the number of
messages on the STREAM head read queue. For example,
if 0 is returned in _arg_, but the _ioctl_() return value
is greater than 0, this indicates that a zero-length
message is next on the queue.
I_FDINSERT Creates a message from specified buffer(s), adds
information about another STREAM, and sends the
message downstream. The message contains a control
part and an optional data part. The data and control
parts to be sent are distinguished by placement in
separate buffers, as described below. The _arg_ argument
points to a **strfdinsert** structure.
The application shall ensure that the _len_ member in
the **ctlbuf strbuf** structure is set to the size of a
**t_uscalar_t** plus the number of bytes of control
information to be sent with the message. The _fildes_
member specifies the file descriptor of the other
STREAM, and the _offset_ member, which must be suitably
aligned for use as a **t_uscalar_t**, specifies the offset
from the start of the control buffer where I_FDINSERT
shall store a **t_uscalar_t** whose interpretation is
specific to the STREAM end. The application shall
ensure that the _len_ member in the **databuf strbuf**
structure is set to the number of bytes of data
information to be sent with the message, or to 0 if no
data part is to be sent.
The _flags_ member specifies the type of message to be
created. A normal message is created if _flags_ is set
to 0, and a high-priority message is created if _flags_
is set to RS_HIPRI. For non-priority messages,
I_FDINSERT shall block if the STREAM write queue is
full due to internal flow control conditions. For
priority messages, I_FDINSERT does not block on this
condition. For non-priority messages, I_FDINSERT does
not block when the write queue is full and O_NONBLOCK
is set. Instead, it fails and sets _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to **[EAGAIN]**.
I_FDINSERT also blocks, unless prevented by lack of
internal resources, waiting for the availability of
message blocks in the STREAM, regardless of priority
or whether O_NONBLOCK has been specified. No partial
message is sent.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_FDINSERT command shall
fail if:
**EAGAIN** A non-priority message is specified, the
O_NONBLOCK flag is set, and the STREAM write
queue is full due to internal flow control
conditions.
**EAGAIN** or **ENOSR**
Buffers cannot be allocated for the message
that is to be created.
**EINVAL** One of the following:
-- The _fildes_ member of the **strfdinsert**
structure is not a valid, open STREAM
file descriptor.
-- The size of a **t_uscalar_t** plus _offset_
is greater than the _len_ member for the
buffer specified through **ctlbuf**.
-- The _offset_ member does not specify a
properly-aligned location in the data
buffer.
-- An undefined value is stored in _flags_.
**ENXIO** Hangup received on the STREAM identified by
either the _fildes_ argument or the _fildes_ member
of the **strfdinsert** structure.
**ERANGE** The _len_ member for the buffer specified through
**databuf** does not fall within the range
specified by the maximum and minimum packet
sizes of the topmost STREAM module; or the _len_
member for the buffer specified through **databuf**
is larger than the maximum configured size of
the data part of a message; or the _len_ member
for the buffer specified through **ctlbuf** is
larger than the maximum configured size of the
control part of a message.
I_STR Constructs an internal STREAMS _ioctl_() message from
the data pointed to by _arg_, and sends that message
downstream.
This mechanism is provided to send _ioctl_() requests to
downstream modules and drivers. It allows information
to be sent with _ioctl_(), and returns to the process
any information sent upstream by the downstream
recipient. I_STR shall block until the system responds
with either a positive or negative acknowledgement
message, or until the request times out after some
period of time. If the request times out, it shall
fail with _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to **[ETIME]**.
At most, one I_STR can be active on a STREAM. Further
I_STR calls shall block until the active I_STR
completes at the STREAM head. The default timeout
interval for these requests is 15 seconds. The
O_NONBLOCK flag has no effect on this call.
To send requests downstream, the application shall
ensure that _arg_ points to a **strioctl** structure.
The _iccmd_ member is the internal _ioctl_() command
intended for a downstream module or driver and
_ictimout_ is the number of seconds (-1=infinite, 0=use
implementation-defined timeout interval, >0=as
specified) an I_STR request shall wait for
acknowledgement before timing out. _iclen_ is the
number of bytes in the data argument, and _icdp_ is a
pointer to the data argument. The _iclen_ member has
two uses: on input, it contains the length of the data
argument passed in, and on return from the command, it
contains the number of bytes being returned to the
process (the buffer pointed to by _icdp_ should be
large enough to contain the maximum amount of data
that any module or the driver in the STREAM can
return).
The STREAM head shall convert the information pointed
to by the **strioctl** structure to an internal _ioctl_()
command message and send it downstream.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_STR command shall fail
if:
**EAGAIN** or **ENOSR**
Unable to allocate buffers for the _ioctl_()
message.
**EINVAL** The _iclen_ member is less than 0 or larger than
the maximum configured size of the data part of
a message, or _ictimout_ is less than -1.
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
**ETIME** A downstream _ioctl_() timed out before
acknowledgement was received.
An I_STR can also fail while waiting for an
acknowledgement if a message indicating an error or a
hangup is received at the STREAM head. In addition,
an error code can be returned in the positive or
negative acknowledgement message, in the event the
_ioctl_() command sent downstream fails. For these
cases, I_STR shall fail with _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to the value in
the message.
I_SWROPT Sets the write mode using the value of the argument
_arg_. Valid bit settings for _arg_ are:
SNDZERO Send a zero-length message downstream when
a _write_() of 0 bytes occurs. To not send a
zero-length message when a _write_() of 0
bytes occurs, the application shall ensure
that this bit is not set in _arg_ (for
example, _arg_ would be set to 0).
The _ioctl_() function with the I_SWROPT command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** _arg_ is not the above value.
I_GWROPT Returns the current write mode setting, as described
above, in the **int** that is pointed to by the argument
_arg_.
I_SENDFD Creates a new reference to the open file description
associated with the file descriptor _arg_, and writes a
message on the STREAMS-based pipe _fildes_ containing
this reference, together with the user ID and group ID
of the calling process.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_SENDFD command shall
fail if:
**EAGAIN** The sending STREAM is unable to allocate a
message block to contain the file pointer; or
the read queue of the receiving STREAM head is
full and cannot accept the message sent by
I_SENDFD.
**EBADF** The _arg_ argument is not a valid, open file
descriptor.
**EINVAL** The _fildes_ argument is not connected to a
STREAM pipe.
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_SENDFD command may
fail if:
**EINVAL** The _arg_ argument is equal to the _fildes_
argument.
I_RECVFD Retrieves the reference to an open file description
from a message written to a STREAMS-based pipe using
the I_SENDFD command, and allocates a new file
descriptor in the calling process that refers to this
open file description. The _arg_ argument is a pointer
to a **strrecvfd** data structure as defined in
_<stropts.h>_.
The _fd_ member is a file descriptor. The _uid_ and _gid_
members are the effective user ID and effective group
ID, respectively, of the sending process.
If O_NONBLOCK is not set, I_RECVFD shall block until a
message is present at the STREAM head. If O_NONBLOCK
is set, I_RECVFD shall fail with _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to **[EAGAIN]**
if no message is present at the STREAM head.
If the message at the STREAM head is a message sent by
an I_SENDFD, a new file descriptor shall be allocated
for the open file descriptor referenced in the
message. The new file descriptor is placed in the _fd_
member of the **strrecvfd** structure pointed to by _arg_.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_RECVFD command shall
fail if:
**EAGAIN** A message is not present at the STREAM head
read queue and the O_NONBLOCK flag is set.
**EBADMSG**
The message at the STREAM head read queue is
not a message containing a passed file
descriptor.
**EMFILE** All file descriptors available to the process
are currently open.
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
I_LIST Allows the process to list all the module names on the
STREAM, up to and including the topmost driver name.
If _arg_ is a null pointer, the return value shall be
the number of modules, including the driver, that are
on the STREAM pointed to by _fildes_. This lets the
process allocate enough space for the module names.
Otherwise, it should point to a **str_list** structure.
The _slnmods_ member indicates the number of entries
the process has allocated in the array. Upon return,
the _slmodlist_ member of the **str_list** structure shall
contain the list of module names, and the number of
entries that have been filled into the _slmodlist_
array is found in the _slnmods_ member (the number
includes the number of modules including the driver).
The return value from _ioctl_() shall be 0. The entries
are filled in starting at the top of the STREAM and
continuing downstream until either the end of the
STREAM is reached, or the number of requested modules
(_slnmods_) is satisfied.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_LIST command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** The _slnmods_ member is less than 1.
**EAGAIN** or **ENOSR**
Unable to allocate buffers.
I_ATMARK Allows the process to see if the message at the head
of the STREAM head read queue is marked by some module
downstream. The _arg_ argument determines how the
checking is done when there may be multiple marked
messages on the STREAM head read queue. It may take on
the following values:
ANYMARK Check if the message is marked.
LASTMARK Check if the message is the last one
marked on the queue.
The bitwise-inclusive OR of the flags ANYMARK and
LASTMARK is permitted.
The return value shall be 1 if the mark condition is
satisfied; otherwise, the value shall be 0.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_ATMARK command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** Invalid _arg_ value.
I_CKBAND Checks if the message of a given priority band exists
on the STREAM head read queue. This shall return 1 if
a message of the given priority exists, 0 if no such
message exists, or -1 on error. _arg_ should be of type
**int**.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_CKBAND command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** Invalid _arg_ value.
I_GETBAND Returns the priority band of the first message on the
STREAM head read queue in the integer referenced by
_arg_.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_GETBAND command shall
fail if:
**ENODATA**
No message on the STREAM head read queue.
I_CANPUT Checks if a certain band is writable. _arg_ is set to
the priority band in question. The return value shall
be 0 if the band is flow-controlled, 1 if the band is
writable, or -1 on error.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_CANPUT command shall
fail if:
**EINVAL** Invalid _arg_ value.
I_SETCLTIME This request allows the process to set the time the
STREAM head shall delay when a STREAM is closing and
there is data on the write queues. Before closing
each module or driver, if there is data on its write
queue, the STREAM head shall delay for the specified
amount of time to allow the data to drain. If, after
the delay, data is still present, it shall be flushed.
The _arg_ argument is a pointer to an integer specifying
the number of milliseconds to delay, rounded up to the
nearest valid value. If I_SETCLTIME is not performed
on a STREAM, an implementation-defined default timeout
interval is used.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_SETCLTIME command
shall fail if:
**EINVAL** Invalid _arg_ value.
I_GETCLTIME Returns the close time delay in the integer pointed to
by _arg_.Multiplexed STREAMS Configurations The following commands are used for connecting and disconnecting multiplexed STREAMS configurations. These commands use an implementation-defined default timeout interval.
I_LINK Connects two STREAMs, where _fildes_ is the file
descriptor of the STREAM connected to the multiplexing
driver, and _arg_ is the file descriptor of the STREAM
connected to another driver. The STREAM designated by
_arg_ is connected below the multiplexing driver. I_LINK
requires the multiplexing driver to send an
acknowledgement message to the STREAM head regarding
the connection. This call shall return a multiplexer
ID number (an identifier used to disconnect the
multiplexer; see I_UNLINK) on success, and -1 on
failure.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_LINK command shall
fail if:
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
**ETIME** Timeout before acknowledgement message was
received at STREAM head.
**EAGAIN** or **ENOSR**
Unable to allocate STREAMS storage to perform
the I_LINK.
**EBADF** The _arg_ argument is not a valid, open file
descriptor.
**EINVAL** The _fildes_ argument does not support
multiplexing; or _arg_ is not a STREAM or is
already connected downstream from a
multiplexer; or the specified I_LINK operation
would connect the STREAM head in more than one
place in the multiplexed STREAM.
An I_LINK can also fail while waiting for the
multiplexing driver to acknowledge the request, if a
message indicating an error or a hangup is received at
the STREAM head of _fildes_. In addition, an error code
can be returned in the positive or negative
acknowledgement message. For these cases, I_LINK fails
with _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to the value in the message.
I_UNLINK Disconnects the two STREAMs specified by _fildes_ and
_arg_. _fildes_ is the file descriptor of the STREAM
connected to the multiplexing driver. The _arg_ argument
is the multiplexer ID number that was returned by the
I_LINK _ioctl_() command when a STREAM was connected
downstream from the multiplexing driver. If _arg_ is
MUXID_ALL, then all STREAMs that were connected to
_fildes_ shall be disconnected. As in I_LINK, this
command requires acknowledgement.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_UNLINK command shall
fail if:
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
**ETIME** Timeout before acknowledgement message was
received at STREAM head.
**EAGAIN** or **ENOSR**
Unable to allocate buffers for the
acknowledgement message.
**EINVAL** Invalid multiplexer ID number.
An I_UNLINK can also fail while waiting for the
multiplexing driver to acknowledge the request if a
message indicating an error or a hangup is received at
the STREAM head of _fildes_. In addition, an error code
can be returned in the positive or negative
acknowledgement message. For these cases, I_UNLINK
shall fail with _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to the value in the message.
I_PLINK Creates a _persistent connection_ between two STREAMs,
where _fildes_ is the file descriptor of the STREAM
connected to the multiplexing driver, and _arg_ is the
file descriptor of the STREAM connected to another
driver. This call shall create a persistent connection
which can exist even if the file descriptor _fildes_
associated with the upper STREAM to the multiplexing
driver is closed. The STREAM designated by _arg_ gets
connected via a persistent connection below the
multiplexing driver. I_PLINK requires the multiplexing
driver to send an acknowledgement message to the
STREAM head. This call shall return a multiplexer ID
number (an identifier that may be used to disconnect
the multiplexer; see I_PUNLINK) on success, and -1 on
failure.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_PLINK command shall
fail if:
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
**ETIME** Timeout before acknowledgement message was
received at STREAM head.
**EAGAIN** or **ENOSR**
Unable to allocate STREAMS storage to perform
the I_PLINK.
**EBADF** The _arg_ argument is not a valid, open file
descriptor.
**EINVAL** The _fildes_ argument does not support
multiplexing; or _arg_ is not a STREAM or is
already connected downstream from a
multiplexer; or the specified I_PLINK operation
would connect the STREAM head in more than one
place in the multiplexed STREAM.
An I_PLINK can also fail while waiting for the
multiplexing driver to acknowledge the request, if a
message indicating an error or a hangup is received at
the STREAM head of _fildes_. In addition, an error code
can be returned in the positive or negative
acknowledgement message. For these cases, I_PLINK
shall fail with _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to the value in the message.
I_PUNLINK Disconnects the two STREAMs specified by _fildes_ and
_arg_ from a persistent connection. The _fildes_ argument
is the file descriptor of the STREAM connected to the
multiplexing driver. The _arg_ argument is the
multiplexer ID number that was returned by the I_PLINK
_ioctl_() command when a STREAM was connected downstream
from the multiplexing driver. If _arg_ is MUXID_ALL,
then all STREAMs which are persistent connections to
_fildes_ shall be disconnected. As in I_PLINK, this
command requires the multiplexing driver to
acknowledge the request.
The _ioctl_() function with the I_PUNLINK command shall
fail if:
**ENXIO** Hangup received on _fildes_.
**ETIME** Timeout before acknowledgement message was
received at STREAM head.
**EAGAIN** or **ENOSR**
Unable to allocate buffers for the
acknowledgement message.
**EINVAL** Invalid multiplexer ID number.
An I_PUNLINK can also fail while waiting for the
multiplexing driver to acknowledge the request if a
message indicating an error or a hangup is received at
the STREAM head of _fildes_. In addition, an error code
can be returned in the positive or negative
acknowledgement message. For these cases, I_PUNLINK
shall fail with _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to the value in the message.RETURN VALUE top
Upon successful completion, _ioctl_() shall return a value other
than -1 that depends upon the STREAMS device control function.
Otherwise, it shall return -1 and set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to indicate the error.ERRORS top
Under the following general conditions, _ioctl_() shall fail if:
**EBADF** The _fildes_ argument is not a valid open file descriptor.
**EINTR** A signal was caught during the _ioctl_() operation.
**EINVAL** The STREAM or multiplexer referenced by _fildes_ is linked
(directly or indirectly) downstream from a multiplexer.
If an underlying device driver detects an error, then _ioctl_()
shall fail if:
**EINVAL** The _request_ or _arg_ argument is not valid for this device.
**EIO** Some physical I/O error has occurred.
**ENOTTY** The file associated with the _fildes_ argument is not a
STREAMS device that accepts control functions.
**ENXIO** The _request_ and _arg_ arguments are valid for this device
driver, but the service requested cannot be performed on
this particular sub-device.
**ENODEV** The _fildes_ argument refers to a valid STREAMS device, but
the corresponding device driver does not support the
_ioctl_() function.
If a STREAM is connected downstream from a multiplexer, any
_ioctl_() command except I_UNLINK and I_PUNLINK shall set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to
**[EINVAL]**.
_The following sections are informative._EXAMPLES top
None.APPLICATION USAGE top
The implementation-defined timeout interval for STREAMS has
historically been 15 seconds.RATIONALE top
None.FUTURE DIRECTIONS top
The _ioctl_() function may be removed in a future version.SEE ALSO top
_Section 2.6_, _STREAMS_, [close(3p)](../man3/close.3p.html), [fcntl(3p)](../man3/fcntl.3p.html), [getmsg(3p)](../man3/getmsg.3p.html), [open(3p)](../man3/open.3p.html),
[pipe(3p)](../man3/pipe.3p.html), [poll(3p)](../man3/poll.3p.html), [putmsg(3p)](../man3/putmsg.3p.html), [read(3p)](../man3/read.3p.html), [sigaction(3p)](../man3/sigaction.3p.html), [write(3p)](../man3/write.3p.html)
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Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
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