DCMD_FSYS_ERRNOTIFY

Register for error notifications from a filesystem

Synopsis:

#include <sys/dcmd_blk.h>

#define DCMD_FSYS_ERRNOTIFY   __DIOT(_DCMD_FSYS, 100, struct blk_errnotify)

Arguments to devctl():

Argument Value
filedes A file descriptor that you obtained by opening the device.
dcmd DCMD_FSYS_ERRNOTIFY
dev_data_ptr A pointer to a struct blk_errnotify (see below)
n_bytes sizeof(struct blk_errnotify)
dev_info_ptr NULL

Description:

This command registers a process for error notifications from a block filesystem. The command must come from the local process running with superuser privileges, and be directed at one of the driver's block devices.

If you successfully register for error notifications, the io-blk.so module does the following:

If a filesystem error occurs, io-blk.so sends your process a pulse with the code and priority that you provided (pulse_code and pulse_prio, respectively). The pulse's value describes the error; it consists of the following 32 bits:

Bits Mask Description
31 0x80000000 (BLK_ERRNOTIFY_STALE) One or more errors occured before the client registered to receive error notifications
30–9 0x7FFFFE00 Currently undefined
8–0 0x000001FF An error code from <error.h>

You can use this macro to extract the error code:

#define BLK_ERRNOTIFY_GETERROR(v)  ((v) & 0x000001ff)

Input:

A pointer to a blk_errnotify structure:

typedef struct blk_errnotify {
        uint32_t  signature;
        int       chid;
        int       pulse_prio;
        uint32_t  ack_data;
        uint8_t   pulse_code;
        uint8_t   spare[15];   /* reserved; set to zero */
} blk_errnotify_t;

The members include:

signature
This must be BLK_ERRNOTIFY_SIGNATURE.
chid
The channel ID that you want io-blk to send the pulse to.
pulse_prio
The priority to send the pulse at. This must not be higher than the caller's priority.
ack_data
Data to send back with the acknowledgement pulse.
pulse_code
The notification pulse's code. This must be within the range allowed for user processes (see the entry for _pulse in the C Library Reference).

Output:

None.

See also:

devctl(), _pulse in the QNX Neutrino C Library Reference

io-blk.so in the Utilities Reference