iob_write(3)

NAME
iob_write - send I/O batch through callback

SYNTAX
#include <libowfat/iob.h>

typedef int64 (*io_write_callback)(int64 s,const void* buf,uint64 n);

int64 iob_write(int64 s,io_batch* b,io_write_callback cb);

DESCRIPTION
iob_write sends the (rest of) b through the callback cb, passing s as first argument. cb is expected to behave like io_trywrite(2).

This interface is intended to send an I/O batch through a filter, for example to encrypt or compress it. If you just want to send an I/O batch to a socket, use iob_send instead.

iob_write returns the number of bytes written, 0 if there were no more bytes to be written in the batch, -1 for EAGAIN, or -3 for a permanent error (for example "connection reset by peer").

The normal usage pattern is using io_wait to know when a descriptor is writable, and then calling iob_write until it returns 0, -1 or -3.

If iob_write returns 0, terminate the loop (everything was written OK). If it returns -1, call io_wait again. If it returned -3, signal an error.

The callback is supposed to behave like write(2), i.e. return the number of bytes written, 0 for EOF, -1 for error (iob_write will return -3 then). Return -1 with errno==EAGAIN if using non-blocking I/O when we need to wait for the next write event. iob_write will then return -1.

NOTE
iob_write will continue to call your callback until it returns an error. So if you are in a state machine, for example a web server using this for SSL support, make sure to write at most n bytes at a time (e.g. 64k) and the next time you are called return -1. Otherwise iob_write might not return until the whole file is served.

SEE ALSO
iob_send(3)