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.TH IO_DESTROY 2 2012-07-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
io_destroy \- destroy an asynchronous I/O context
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.nf
.BR "#include <linux/aio_abi.h>" "          /* Defines needed types */"

.BI "int io_destroy(aio_context_t " ctx_id );
.fi

.IR Note :
There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
.BR io_destroy ()
system call
removes the asynchronous I/O context specified by
.I ctx_id
from the list of
I/O contexts and then destroys it.
It can also cancel any outstanding asynchronous I/O
actions on \fIctx_id\fP and block on completion.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success,
.BR io_destroy ()
returns 0.
For the failure return, see NOTES.
.SH "ERRORS"
.TP
.B EFAULT
The context pointed to is invalid.
.TP
.B EINVAL
The AIO context specified by \fIctx_id\fP is invalid.
.TP
.B ENOSYS
.BR io_destroy ()
is not implemented on this architecture.
.SH "VERSIONS"
.PP
The asynchronous I/O system calls first appeared in Linux 2.5.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
.PP
.BR io_destroy ()
is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs
that are intended to be portable.
.SH NOTES
Glibc does not provide a wrapper function for this system call.
You could invoke it using
.BR syscall (2).
But instead, you probably want to use the
.BR io_destroy ()
wrapper function provided by
.\" http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=libaio.git
.IR libaio .

Note that the
.I libaio
wrapper function uses a different type
.RI ( io_context_t )
.\" But glibc is confused, since <libaio.h> uses 'io_context_t' to declare
.\" the system call.
for the
.I ctx_id
argument.
Note also that the
.I 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
.BR syscall (2),
then the return value follows the usual conventions for
indicating an error: \-1, with
.I errno
set to a (positive) value that indicates the error.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR io_cancel (2),
.BR io_getevents (2),
.BR io_setup (2),
.BR io_submit (2),
.BR aio (7)
.\" .SH AUTHOR
.\" Kent Yoder.
.SH COLOPHON
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