NAME
zmq_poll - input/output multiplexing
SYNOPSIS
int zmq_poll (zmq_pollitem_t *items, int nitems, long timeout);
DESCRIPTION
The zmq_poll() function provides a mechanism for applications to multiplex input/output events in a level-triggered fashion over a set of sockets. Each member of the array pointed to by the items argument is a zmq_pollitem_t structure. The nitems argument specifies the number of items in the items array. The zmq_pollitem_t structure is defined as follows:
typedef struct { void *socket; int fd; short events; short revents; } zmq_pollitem_t;
For each zmq_pollitem_t item, zmq_poll() shall examine either the 0MQ socket referenced by socket or the standard socket specified by the file descriptor fd, for the event(s) specified in events. If both socket and fd are set in a single zmq_pollitem_t, the 0MQ socket referenced by socket shall take precedence and the value of fd shall be ignored.
For each zmq_pollitem_t item, zmq_poll() shall first clear the revents member, and then indicate any requested events that have occurred by setting the bit corresponding to the event condition in the revents member.
If none of the requested events have occurred on any zmq_pollitem_t item,
zmq_poll() shall wait timeout milliseconds for an event to occur on
any of the requested items. If the value of timeout is 0
, zmq_poll()
shall return immediately. If the value of timeout is -1
, zmq_poll() shall
block indefinitely until a requested event has occurred on at least one
zmq_pollitem_t.
The events and revents members of zmq_pollitem_t are bit masks constructed by OR’ing a combination of the following event flags:
- ZMQ_POLLIN
-
For 0MQ sockets, at least one message may be received from the socket without blocking. For standard sockets this is equivalent to the POLLIN flag of the poll() system call and generally means that at least one byte of data may be read from fd without blocking.
- ZMQ_POLLOUT
-
For 0MQ sockets, at least one message may be sent to the socket without blocking. For standard sockets this is equivalent to the POLLOUT flag of the poll() system call and generally means that at least one byte of data may be written to fd without blocking.
- ZMQ_POLLERR
-
For standard sockets, this flag is passed through zmq_poll() to the underlying poll() system call and generally means that some sort of error condition is present on the socket specified by fd. For 0MQ sockets this flag has no effect if set in events, and shall never be returned in revents by zmq_poll().
Note
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The zmq_poll() function may be implemented or emulated using operating system interfaces other than poll(), and as such may be subject to the limits of those interfaces in ways not defined in this documentation. |
Note
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The zmq_send() function will clear all pending events on a socket. Thus, if you use zmq_poll() to monitor input on a socket, use it before output as well, and process all events after each zmq_poll() call. |
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the zmq_poll() function shall return the number
of zmq_pollitem_t structures with events signaled in revents or 0
if no
events have been signaled. Upon failure, zmq_poll() shall return -1
and set
errno to one of the values defined below.
ERRORS
- ETERM
-
At least one of the members of the items array refers to a socket whose associated 0MQ context was terminated.
- EFAULT
-
The provided items was not valid (NULL).
- EINTR
-
The operation was interrupted by delivery of a signal before any events were available.
EXAMPLE
zmq_pollitem_t items [2]; /* First item refers to 0MQ socket 'socket' */ items[0].socket = socket; items[0].events = ZMQ_POLLIN; /* Second item refers to standard socket 'fd' */ items[1].socket = NULL; items[1].fd = fd; items[1].events = ZMQ_POLLIN; /* Poll for events indefinitely */ int rc = zmq_poll (items, 2, -1); assert (rc >= 0); /* Returned events will be stored in items[].revents */
SEE ALSO
Your operating system documentation for the poll() system call.
AUTHORS
This 0MQ manual page was written by Martin Sustrik <sustrik@250bpm.com> and Martin Lucina <mato@kotelna.sk>.