NAME¶

io_setup - create an asynchronous I/O context

LIBRARY¶

Asynchronous I/O library (libaio, -laio)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <libaio.h>

long io_setup(unsigned int n, io_context_t *ctx_idp);

DESCRIPTION¶

io_setup() creates an asynchronous I/O context suitable for concurrently processing n operations.

RETURN VALUE¶

On success, io_setup() returns 0. On error, a negative error code is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS¶

See io_setup(2).

STANDARDS¶

libaio.

HISTORY¶

libaio.

SEE ALSO¶

io_setup(2), io(3), aio(7)