sys_uio.h - Man Page

definitions for vector I/O operations

Prolog

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Synopsis

#include <sys/uio.h>

Description

The <sys/uio.h> header shall define the iovec structure, which shall include at least the following members:

void   *iov_base  Base address of a memory region for input or output.
size_t  iov_len   The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.

The <sys/uio.h> header uses the iovec structure for scatter/gather I/O.

The <sys/uio.h> header shall define the ssize_t and size_t types as described in <sys/types.h>.

The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.

ssize_t readv(int, const struct iovec *, int);
ssize_t writev(int, const struct iovec *, int);

The following sections are informative.

Application Usage

The implementation can put a limit on the number of scatter/gather elements which can be processed in one call. The symbol {IOV_MAX} defined in <limits.h> should always be used to learn about the limits instead of assuming a fixed value.

Rationale

Traditionally, the maximum number of scatter/gather elements the system can process in one call were described by the symbolic value {UIO_MAXIOV}. In IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 this value is replaced by the constant {IOV_MAX} which can be found in <limits.h>.

Future Directions

None.

See Also

<limits.h>, <sys_types.h>

The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2017, read(), readv(), write(), writev()

Referenced By

read(3p), readv(3p), sys_socket.h(0p), write(3p), writev(3p).

2017 IEEE/The Open Group POSIX Programmer's Manual