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Man Page: rmr_rcv_msg
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RMR LIBRARY FUNCTIONS
=====================



NAME
----

rmr_rcv_msg


SYNOPSIS
--------


::

  #include <rmr/rmr.h>

  rmr_mbuf_t* rmr_rcv_msg( void* vctx, rmr_mbuf_t* old_msg );



DESCRIPTION
-----------

The ``rmr_rcv_msg`` function blocks until a message is
received, returning the message to the caller via a pointer
to a ``rmr_mbuf_t`` structure type. If messages were queued
while waiting for the response to a previous invocation of
``rmr_call,`` the oldest message is removed from the queue
and returned without delay.

The *vctx* pointer is the pointer returned by the
``rmr_init`` function. *Old_msg* is a pointer to a previously
used message buffer or NULL. The ability to reuse message
buffers helps to avoid alloc/free cycles in the user
application. When no buffer is available to supply, the
receive function will allocate one.


RETURN VALUE
------------

The function returns a pointer to the ``rmr_mbuf_t``
structure which references the message information (state,
length, payload), or a nil pointer in the case of an extreme
error.


ERRORS
------

The *state* field in the message buffer will indicate
``RMR_OK`` when the message receive process was successful
and the message can be used by the caller. Depending on the
underlying transport mechanism, one of the following RMR
error stats may be returned:


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      * - **RMR_ERR_EMPTY**
        -
          The message received had no payload, or was completely empty.


      * - **RMR_ERR_TIMEOUT**
        -
          For some transport mechanisms, or if reading the receive
          queue from multiple threads, it is possible for one thread to
          find no data waiting when it queries the queue. When this
          state is reported, the message buffer does not contain
          message data and the user application should reinvoke the
          receive function.



When an RMR error state is reported, the underlying
``errno`` value might provide more information. The following
is a list of possible values that might accompany the states
listed above:

``RMR_ERR_EMPTY`` if an empty message was received. If a nil
pointer is returned, or any other state value was set in the
message buffer, ``errno`` will be set to one of the
following:


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      * - **INVAL**
        -
          Parameter(s) passed to the function were not valid.

      * - **EBADF**
        -
          The underlying message transport is unable to process the
          request.

      * - **ENOTSUP**
        -
          The underlying message transport is unable to process the
          request.

      * - **EFSM**
        -
          The underlying message transport is unable to process the
          request.

      * - **EAGAIN**
        -
          The underlying message transport is unable to process the
          request.

      * - **EINTR**
        -
          The underlying message transport is unable to process the
          request.

      * - **ETIMEDOUT**
        -
          The underlying message transport is unable to process the
          request.

      * - **ETERM**
        -
          The underlying message transport is unable to process the
          request.




EXAMPLE
-------



SEE ALSO
--------

rmr_alloc_msg(3), rmr_call(3), rmr_free_msg(3),
rmr_get_rcvfd(3), rmr_init(3), rmr_mk_ring(3),
rmr_payload_size(3), rmr_send_msg(3), rmr_torcv_msg(3),
rmr_rcv_specific(3), rmr_rts_msg(3), rmr_ready(3),
rmr_ring_free(3), rmr_torcv_msg(3)