t_bind(3N) UNIX System V(Networking Support Utilities) t_bind(3N)
NAME
tbind - bind an address to a transport endpoint
SYNOPSIS
#include <tiuser.h>
int tbind (fd, req, ret)
int fd;
struct tbind *req;
struct tbind *ret;
DESCRIPTION
This function associates a protocol address with the transport endpoint
specified by fd and activates that transport endpoint. In connection
mode, the transport provider may begin accepting or requesting
connections on the transport endpoint. In connectionless mode, the
transport user may send or receive data units through the transport
endpoint.
The req and ret arguments point to a tbind structure containing the
following members:
struct netbuf addr;
unsigned qlen;
netbuf is described in intro(3N). The addr field of the tbind structure
specifies a protocol address and the qlen field is used to indicate the
maximum number of outstanding connect indications.
req is used to request that an address, represented by the netbuf
structure, be bound to the given transport endpoint. len [see netbuf in
intro(3N); also for buf and maxlen] specifies the number of bytes in the
address and buf points to the address buffer. maxlen has no meaning for
the req argument. On return, ret contains the address that the transport
provider actually bound to the transport endpoint; this may be different
from the address specified by the user in req. In ret, the user
specifies maxlen, which is the maximum size of the address buffer, and
buf, which points to the buffer where the address is to be placed. On
return, len specifies the number of bytes in the bound address and buf
points to the bound address. If maxlen is not large enough to hold the
returned address, an error will result.
If the requested address is not available, or if no address is specified
in req (the len field of addr in req is zero) the transport provider may
assign an appropriate address to be bound, and will return that address
in the addr field of ret. The user can compare the addresses in req and
ret to determine whether the transport provider bound the transport
endpoint to a different address than that requested.
req may be NULL if the user does not wish to specify an address to be
bound. Here, the value of qlen is assumed to be zero, and the transport
provider must assign an address to the transport endpoint. Similarly,
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ret may be NULL if the user does not care what address was bound by the
provider and is not interested in the negotiated value of qlen. It is
valid to set req and ret to NULL for the same call, in which case the
provider chooses the address to bind to the transport endpoint and does
not return that information to the user.
The qlen field has meaning only when initializing a connection-mode
service. It specifies the number of outstanding connect indications the
transport provider should support for the given transport endpoint. An
outstanding connect indication is one that has been passed to the
transport user by the transport provider. A value of qlen greater than
zero is only meaningful when issued by a passive transport user that
expects other users to call it. The value of qlen will be negotiated by
the transport provider and may be changed if the transport provider
cannot support the specified number of outstanding connect indications.
On return, the qlen field in ret will contain the negotiated value.
This function allows more than one transport endpoint to be bound to the
same protocol address (however, the transport provider must support this
capability also), but it is not allowable to bind more than one protocol
address to the same transport endpoint. If a user binds more than one
transport endpoint to the same protocol address, only one endpoint can be
used to listen for connect indications associated with that protocol
address. In other words, only one tbind for a given protocol address
may specify a value of qlen greater than zero. In this way, the
transport provider can identify which transport endpoint should be
notified of an incoming connect indication. If a user attempts to bind a
protocol address to a second transport endpoint with a value of qlen
greater than zero, the transport provider will assign another address to
be bound to that endpoint. If a user accepts a connection on the
transport endpoint that is being used as the listening endpoint, the
bound protocol address will be found to be busy for the duration of that
connection. No other transport endpoints may be bound for listening
while that initial listening endpoint is in the data transfer phase.
This will prevent more than one transport endpoint bound to the same
protocol address from accepting connect indications.
On failure, terrno may be set to one of the following:
[TBADF] The specified file descriptor does not refer to a
transport endpoint.
[TOUTSTATE] The function was issued in the wrong sequence.
[TBADADDR] The specified protocol address was in an incorrect
format or contained illegal information.
[TNOADDR] The transport provider could not allocate an address.
[TACCES] The user does not have permission to use the specified
address.
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[TBUFOVFLW] The number of bytes allowed for an incoming argument
is not sufficient to store the value of that argument.
The provider's state will change to [TIDLE] and the
information to be returned in ret will be discarded.
TSYSERR A system error has occurred during execution of this
function.
SEE ALSO
intro(3N), topen(3N), toptmgmt(3N), tunbind(3N)
Programmer's Guide: Networking Interfaces
DIAGNOSTICS
tbind returns 0 on success and -1 on failure and terrno is set to
indicate the error.
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