#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h> int
msgctl (int msqid int cmd struct msqid_ds *buf);
DESCRIPTION
The
msgctl ();
system call performs some control operations on the message queue specified
by
Fa msqid .
Each message queue has a data structure associated with it, parts of which
may be altered by
msgctl ();
and parts of which determine the actions of
msgctl (.);
The data structure is defined in
#include <sys/msg.h>
and contains (amongst others) the following members:
struct msqid_ds {
struct ipc_perm msg_perm; /* msg queue permission bits */
struct msg *msg_first; /* first message in the queue */
struct msg *msg_last; /* last message in the queue */
u_long msg_cbytes; /* number of bytes in use on the queue */
u_long msg_qnum; /* number of msgs in the queue */
u_long msg_qbytes; /* max # of bytes on the queue */
pid_t msg_lspid; /* pid of last msgsnd() */
pid_t msg_lrpid; /* pid of last msgrcv() */
time_t msg_stime; /* time of last msgsnd() */
long msg_pad1;
time_t msg_rtime; /* time of last msgrcv() */
long msg_pad2;
time_t msg_ctime; /* time of last msgctl() */
long msg_pad3;
long msg_pad4[4];
};
The
Vt ipc_perm
structure used inside the
Vt msqid_ds
structure is defined in
#include <sys/ipc.h>
and looks like this:
struct ipc_perm {
ushort cuid; /* creator user id */
ushort cgid; /* creator group id */
ushort uid; /* user id */
ushort gid; /* group id */
ushort mode; /* r/w permission */
ushort seq; /* sequence # (to generate unique msg/sem/shm id) */
key_t key; /* user specified msg/sem/shm key */
};
The operation to be performed by
msgctl ();
is specified in
Fa cmd
and is one of:
IPC_STAT
Gather information about the message queue and place it in the
structure pointed to by
Fa buf .
IPC_SET
Set the value of the
msg_perm.uidmsg_perm.gidmsg_perm.mode
and
msg_qbytes
fields in the structure associated with
Fa msqid .
The values are taken from the corresponding fields in the structure
pointed to by
Fa buf .
This operation can only be executed by the super-user, or a process that
has an effective user id equal to either
msg_perm.cuid
or
msg_perm.uid
in the data structure associated with the message queue.
The value of
msg_qbytes
can only be increased by the super-user.
Values for
msg_qbytes
that exceed the system limit (MSGMNB from
In sys/msg.h )
are silently truncated to that limit.
IPC_RMID
Remove the message queue specified by
Fa msqid
and destroy the data associated with it.
Only the super-user or a process
with an effective uid equal to the
msg_perm.cuid
or
msg_perm.uid
values in the data structure associated with the queue can do this.
The permission to read from or write to a message queue (see
msgsnd(3)
and
msgrcv(3))
is determined by the
msg_perm.mode
field in the same way as is
done with files (see
chmod(2)),
but the effective uid can match either the
msg_perm.cuid
field or the
msg_perm.uid
field, and the
effective gid can match either
msg_perm.cgid
or
msg_perm.gid
RETURN VALUES
Rv -std msgctl
ERRORS
The
msgctl ();
function
will fail if:
Bq Er EPERM
The
Fa cmd
argument
is equal to IPC_SET or IPC_RMID and the caller is not the super-user, nor does
the effective uid match either the
msg_perm.uid
or
msg_perm.cuid
fields of the data structure associated with the message queue.
An attempt is made to increase the value of
msg_qbytes
through IPC_SET
but the caller is not the super-user.
Bq Er EACCES
The command is IPC_STAT
and the caller has no read permission for this message queue.
Bq Er EINVAL
The
Fa msqid
argument
is not a valid message queue identifier.