IO_DESTROY(2)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						     IO_DESTROY(2)

NAME

       io_destroy - destroy an asynchronous I/O context

SYNOPSIS

       #include <linux/aio_abi.h>	   /* Defines needed types */

       int io_destroy(aio_context_t ctx_id);

       Note: There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.

DESCRIPTION

       The  io_destroy()  system call removes the asynchronous I/O context specified by ctx_id from the list of I/O contexts and then destroys it.
       It can also cancel any outstanding asynchronous I/O actions on ctx_id and block on completion.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, io_destroy() returns 0.  For the failure return, see NOTES.

ERRORS

       EFAULT The context pointed to is invalid.

       EINVAL The AIO context specified by ctx_id is invalid.

       ENOSYS io_destroy() is not implemented on this architecture.

VERSIONS

       The asynchronous I/O system calls first appeared in Linux 2.5.

CONFORMING TO

       io_destroy() is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs that are intended to be portable.

NOTES

       Glibc does not provide a wrapper function for this system call.	You could invoke it using syscall(2).  But instead, you probably  want	to
       use the io_destroy() wrapper function provided by libaio.

       Note that the libaio wrapper function uses a different type (io_context_t) for the ctx_id argument.  Note also that the libaio wrapper does
       not follow the usual C library conventions for indicating errors: on error it returns a negated error number (the negative of  one  of  the
       values listed in ERRORS).  If the system call is invoked via syscall(2), then the return value follows the usual conventions for indicating
       an error: -1, with errno set to a (positive) value that indicates the error.

SEE ALSO

       io_cancel(2), io_getevents(2), io_setup(2), io_submit(2), aio(7)

COLOPHON

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Linux								    2012-07-13							     IO_DESTROY(2)