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MQ_RECEIVE(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual MQ_RECEIVE(3P)
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The
Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
mq_receive, mq_timedreceive — receive a message from a message
queue (REALTIME)
#include <mqueue.h>
ssize_t mq_receive(mqd_t mqdes, char *msg_ptr, size_t msg_len,
unsigned *msg_prio);
#include <mqueue.h>
#include <time.h>
ssize_t mq_timedreceive(mqd_t mqdes, char *restrict msg_ptr,
size_t msg_len, unsigned *restrict msg_prio,
const struct timespec *restrict abstime);
The mq_receive() function shall receive the oldest of the highest
priority message(s) from the message queue specified by mqdes. If
the size of the buffer in bytes, specified by the msg_len
argument, is less than the mq_msgsize attribute of the message
queue, the function shall fail and return an error. Otherwise, the
selected message shall be removed from the queue and copied to the
buffer pointed to by the msg_ptr argument.
If the value of msg_len is greater than {SSIZE_MAX}, the result is
implementation-defined.
If the argument msg_prio is not NULL, the priority of the selected
message shall be stored in the location referenced by msg_prio.
If the specified message queue is empty and O_NONBLOCK is not set
in the message queue description associated with mqdes,
mq_receive() shall block until a message is enqueued on the
message queue or until mq_receive() is interrupted by a signal. If
more than one thread is waiting to receive a message when a
message arrives at an empty queue and the Priority Scheduling
option is supported, then the thread of highest priority that has
been waiting the longest shall be selected to receive the message.
Otherwise, it is unspecified which waiting thread receives the
message. If the specified message queue is empty and O_NONBLOCK is
set in the message queue description associated with mqdes, no
message shall be removed from the queue, and mq_receive() shall
return an error.
The mq_timedreceive() function shall receive the oldest of the
highest priority messages from the message queue specified by
mqdes as described for the mq_receive() function. However, if
O_NONBLOCK was not specified when the message queue was opened via
the mq_open() function, and no message exists on the queue to
satisfy the receive, the wait for such a message shall be
terminated when the specified timeout expires. If O_NONBLOCK is
set, this function is equivalent to mq_receive().
The timeout expires when the absolute time specified by abstime
passes, as measured by the clock on which timeouts are based (that
is, when the value of that clock equals or exceeds abstime), or if
the absolute time specified by abstime has already been passed at
the time of the call.
The timeout shall be based on the CLOCK_REALTIME clock. The
resolution of the timeout shall be the resolution of the clock on
which it is based. The timespec argument is defined in the
<time.h> header.
Under no circumstance shall the operation fail with a timeout if a
message can be removed from the message queue immediately. The
validity of the abstime parameter need not be checked if a message
can be removed from the message queue immediately.
Upon successful completion, the mq_receive() and mq_timedreceive()
functions shall return the length of the selected message in bytes
and the message shall be removed from the queue. Otherwise, no
message shall be removed from the queue, the functions shall
return a value of -1, and set errno to indicate the error.
These functions shall fail if:
EAGAIN O_NONBLOCK was set in the message description associated
with mqdes, and the specified message queue is empty.
EBADF The mqdes argument is not a valid message queue descriptor
open for reading.
EMSGSIZE
The specified message buffer size, msg_len, is less than
the message size attribute of the message queue.
EINTR The mq_receive() or mq_timedreceive() operation was
interrupted by a signal.
EINVAL The process or thread would have blocked, and the abstime
parameter specified a nanoseconds field value less than
zero or greater than or equal to 1000 million.
ETIMEDOUT
The O_NONBLOCK flag was not set when the message queue was
opened, but no message arrived on the queue before the
specified timeout expired.
These functions may fail if:
EBADMSG
The implementation has detected a data corruption problem
with the message.
The following sections are informative.
None.
None.
None.
None.
mq_open(3p), mq_send(3p), msgctl(3p), msgget(3p), msgrcv(3p),
msgsnd(3p), time(3p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, mqueue.h(0p),
time.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
(C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between
this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page
are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2017 MQ_RECEIVE(3P)
Pages that refer to this page: mqueue.h(0p), time.h(0p), clock_getres(3p), mq_notify(3p), mq_open(3p), mq_send(3p), mq_timedreceive(3p), msgctl(3p), msgget(3p), msgrcv(3p), msgsnd(3p)
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