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FDIN(3) libdill Library Functions FDIN(3)

fdin - waits on a file descriptor to become readable


#include <libdill.h>
int fdin(
    int fd,
    int64_t deadline);

    

Waits on a file descriptor (true OS file descriptor, not libdill socket handle) to either become readable or get into an error state. Either case leads to a successful return from the function. To distinguish the two outcomes, follow up with a read operation on the file descriptor.

fd: file descriptor (OS-level one, not a libdill handle)

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

In case of success the function returns 0. In case of error it returns -1 and sets errno to one of the values below.

EBADF: Not a file descriptor.
EBUSY: Another coroutine already blocked on fdin with this file descriptor.
ECANCELED: Current coroutine was canceled.
ETIMEDOUT: Deadline was reached.


int result = fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
assert(result == 0);
while(1) {
    result = fdin(fd, -1);
    assert(result == 0);
    char buf[1024];
    ssize_t len = recv(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
    assert(len > 0);
    process_input(buf, len);
}

    

fdclean(3) fdout(3) now(3)
libdill

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