libdill: Structured Concurrency for C

NAME

hmake - creates a handle

SYNOPSIS

#include <libdillimpl.h>

struct hvfs {
    void *(*query)(struct hvfs *vfs, const void *type);
    void (*close)(int h);
    int (*done)(struct hvfs *vfs, int64_t deadline);
};

int hmake(
    struct hvfs* hvfs);

DESCRIPTION

A handle is the user-space equivalent of a file descriptor. Coroutines and channels are represented by handles.

Unlike with file descriptors, however, you can use the hmake function to create your own type of handle.

The argument of the function is a virtual-function table of operations associated with the handle.

When implementing the close operation, keep in mind that invoking blocking operations is not allowed, as blocking operations invoked within the context of a close operation will fail with an ECANCELED error.

To close a handle, use the hclose function.

hvfs: virtual-function table of operations associated with the handle

RETURN VALUE

In case of success the function returns newly created handle. In case of error it returns -1 and sets errno to one of the values below.

ERRORS