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Kernel Functions for Drivers

qwait(9F)

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NAME

qwait, qwait_sig - STREAMS wait routines

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/stream.h> #include <sys/ddi.h> void qwait(queue_t *q);

int qwait_sig(queue_t *q);

PARAMETERS

qp: Pointer to the queue that is being opened or closed.

qwait() and qwait_sig() are used to wait for a message to arrive to the put(9E) or srv(9E) procedures. qwait() and qwait_sig() can also be used to wait for qbufcall(9F) or qtimeout(9F) callback procedures to execute. These routines can be used in the open(9E) and close(9E) procedures in a STREAMS driver or module. qwait() and qwait_sig() atomically exit the inner and outer perimeters associated with the queue, and wait for a thread to leave the module's put(9E), srv(9E), or qbufcall(9F) / qtimeout(9F) callback procedures. Upon return they re-enter the inner and outer perimeters.

This can be viewed as there being an implicit wakeup when a thread leaves a put(9E) or srv(9E) procedure or after a qtimeout(9F) or qbufcall(9F) callback procedure has been run in the same perimeter.

qprocson(9F) must be called before calling qwait() or qwait_sig().

qwait() is not interrupted by a signal, whereas qwait_sig() is interrupted by a signal. qwait_sig() normally returns non-zero, and returns zero when the waiting was interrupted by a signal.

qwait() and qwait_sig() are similar to cv_wait() and cv_wait_sig() except that the mutex is replaced by the inner and outer perimeters and the signalling is implicit when a thread leaves the inner perimeter. See condvar(9F).

RETURN VALUES

0: For qwait_sig(), indicates that the condition was not necessarily signaled, and the function returned because a signal was pending.

CONTEXT

These functions can only be called from an open(9E) or close(9E) routine.

EXAMPLES

Example 1. Using qwait

The open routine sends down a T_INFO_REQ message and waits for the T_INFO_ACK. The arrival of the T_INFO_ACK is recorded by resetting a flag in the unit structure (WAIT_INFO_ACK). The example assumes that the module is D_MTQPAIR or D_MTPERMOD.

xxopen(qp, ...) queue_t *qp; { struct xxdata *xx; /* Allocate xxdata structure */ qprocson(qp); /* Format T_INFO_ACK in mp */ putnext(qp, mp); xx->xx_flags |= WAIT_INFO_ACK; while (xx->xx_flags & WAIT_INFO_ACK) qwait(qp); return (0); } xxrput(qp, mp) queue_t *qp; mblk_t *mp; { struct xxdata *xx = (struct xxdata *)q->q_ptr; ... case T_INFO_ACK: if (xx->xx_flags & WAIT_INFO_ACK) { /* Record information from info ack */ xx->xx_flags &= ~WAIT_INFO_ACK; freemsg(mp); return; } ... }