'\" et .TH MQ_SEND "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" .\" .SH PROLOG 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. .\" .SH NAME mq_send, mq_timedsend \(em send a message to a message queue (\fBREALTIME\fP) .SH SYNOPSIS .LP .nf #include .P int mq_send(mqd_t \fImqdes\fP, const char *\fImsg_ptr\fP, size_t \fImsg_len\fP, unsigned \fImsg_prio\fP); .P #include #include .P int mq_timedsend(mqd_t \fImqdes\fP, const char *\fImsg_ptr\fP, size_t \fImsg_len\fP, unsigned \fImsg_prio\fP, const struct timespec *\fIabstime\fP); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION The \fImq_send\fR() function shall add the message pointed to by the argument .IR msg_ptr to the message queue specified by .IR mqdes . The .IR msg_len argument specifies the length of the message, in bytes, pointed to by .IR msg_ptr . The value of .IR msg_len shall be less than or equal to the .IR mq_msgsize attribute of the message queue, or \fImq_send\fR() shall fail. .P If the specified message queue is not full, \fImq_send\fR() shall behave as if the message is inserted into the message queue at the position indicated by the .IR msg_prio argument. A message with a larger numeric value of .IR msg_prio shall be inserted before messages with lower values of .IR msg_prio . A message shall be inserted after other messages in the queue, if any, with equal .IR msg_prio . The value of .IR msg_prio shall be less than {MQ_PRIO_MAX}. .P If the specified message queue is full and O_NONBLOCK is not set in the message queue description associated with .IR mqdes , \fImq_send\fR() shall block until space becomes available to enqueue the message, or until \fImq_send\fR() is interrupted by a signal. If more than one thread is waiting to send when space becomes available in the message queue and the Priority Scheduling option is supported, then the thread of the highest priority that has been waiting the longest shall be unblocked to send its message. Otherwise, it is unspecified which waiting thread is unblocked. If the specified message queue is full and O_NONBLOCK is set in the message queue description associated with .IR mqdes , the message shall not be queued and \fImq_send\fR() shall return an error. .P The \fImq_timedsend\fR() function shall add a message to the message queue specified by .IR mqdes in the manner defined for the \fImq_send\fR() function. However, if the specified message queue is full and O_NONBLOCK is not set in the message queue description associated with .IR mqdes , the wait for sufficient room in the queue shall be terminated when the specified timeout expires. If O_NONBLOCK is set in the message queue description, this function shall be equivalent to \fImq_send\fR(). .P The timeout shall expire when the absolute time specified by .IR abstime passes, as measured by the clock on which timeouts are based (that is, when the value of that clock equals or exceeds .IR abstime ), or if the absolute time specified by .IR abstime has already been passed at the time of the call. .P 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 .IR timespec argument is defined in the .IR header. .P Under no circumstance shall the operation fail with a timeout if there is sufficient room in the queue to add the message immediately. The validity of the .IR abstime parameter need not be checked when there is sufficient room in the queue. .SH "RETURN VALUE" Upon successful completion, the \fImq_send\fR() and \fImq_timedsend\fR() functions shall return a value of zero. Otherwise, no message shall be enqueued, the functions shall return \-1, and .IR errno shall be set to indicate the error. .SH ERRORS The \fImq_send\fR() and \fImq_timedsend\fR() functions shall fail if: .TP .BR EAGAIN The O_NONBLOCK flag is set in the message queue description associated with .IR mqdes , and the specified message queue is full. .TP .BR EBADF The .IR mqdes argument is not a valid message queue descriptor open for writing. .TP .BR EINTR A signal interrupted the call to \fImq_send\fR() or \fImq_timedsend\fR(). .TP .BR EINVAL The value of .IR msg_prio was outside the valid range. .TP .BR EINVAL The process or thread would have blocked, and the .IR abstime parameter specified a nanoseconds field value less than zero or greater than or equal to 1\|000 million. .TP .BR EMSGSIZE The specified message length, .IR msg_len , exceeds the message size attribute of the message queue. .TP .BR ETIMEDOUT The O_NONBLOCK flag was not set when the message queue was opened, but the timeout expired before the message could be added to the queue. .LP .IR "The following sections are informative." .SH EXAMPLES None. .SH "APPLICATION USAGE" The value of the symbol {MQ_PRIO_MAX} limits the number of priority levels supported by the application. Message priorities range from 0 to {MQ_PRIO_MAX}\-1. .SH RATIONALE None. .SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" None. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IR "\fImq_open\fR\^(\|)", .IR "\fImq_receive\fR\^(\|)", .IR "\fImq_setattr\fR\^(\|)", .IR "\fItime\fR\^(\|)" .P The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, .IR "\fB\fP", .IR "\fB\fP" .\" .SH COPYRIGHT 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. 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