io_uring_prep_link_timeout(3)

NAME
io_uring_prep_link_timeout - a timeout request for linked sqes

SYNOPSIS
#include <liburing.h>

void io_uring_prep_link_timeout(struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,
                                struct __kernel_timespec *ts,
                                unsigned flags);

DESCRIPTION

The io_uring_prep_link_timeout(3) function prepares a timeout request for linked sqes. The submission queue entry sqe is setup a timeout specified by ts. The flags argument holds modifier flags for the timeout behaviour of the request. The ts argument must be filled in with the appropriate information for the timeout. It looks as follows:

    struct __kernel_timespec {
        __kernel_time64_t tv_sec;
        long long tv_nsec;
    };

The flags argument may contain:

IORING_TIMEOUT_ABS
    The value specified in ts is an absolute value rather than a relative one.

IORING_TIMEOUT_BOOTTIME
    The boottime clock source should be used.

IORING_TIMEOUT_REALTIME
    The realtime clock source should be used.

IORING_TIMEOUT_ETIME_SUCCESS
    Consider an expired timeout a success in terms of the posted completion.

It is invalid to create a chain (linked sqes) consisting only of a link timeout request. If all the requests in the chain are completed before timeout, then the link timeout request gets cancelled. Upon timeout, all the uncompleted requests in the chain get cancelled.

RETURN VALUE
None

ERRORS

These are the errors that are reported in the CQE res field. On success, 0 is returned.

-ETIME
    The specified timeout occurred and triggered the completion event.

-EINVAL
    One of the fields set in the SQE was invalid. For example, two clock sources where given, or the specified timeout seconds or nanoseconds where < 0.

-EFAULT
    io_uring was unable to access the data specified by ts.

-ECANCELED
    The timeout was canceled because all submitted requests were completed successfully or one of the requests resulted in failure.

SEE ALSO
io_uring_get_sqe(3), io_uring_prep_timeout(3)