t_open(3N) t_open(3N)
NAME
topen - establish a transport endpoint
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/tiuser.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
int topen(char *path, int oflag, struct tinfo *info);
DESCRIPTION
topen must be called as the first step in the initialization of a
transport endpoint. This function establishes a transport endpoint by
opening a UNIX file that identifies a particular transport provider
(i.e., transport protocol) and returning a file descriptor that iden-
tifies that endpoint. For example, opening the file /dev/isocots
identifies an OSI connection-oriented transport layer protocol as the
transport provider.
path points to the path name of the file to open, and oflag identifies
any open flags [as in open(2)]. oflag may be constructed from ONDELAY
or ONONBLOCK OR-ed with ORDWR. These flags are defined in the header
file <fcntl.h>. topen returns a file descriptor that will be used by
all subsequent functions to identify the particular local transport
endpoint.
This function also returns various default characteristics of the
underlying transport protocol by setting fields in the tinfo struc-
ture. This argument points to a tinfo which contains the following
members:
long addr; /* max size of the transport protocol address */
long options; /* max number of bytes of protocol-specific options */
long tsdu; /* max size of a transport service data unit (TSDU) */
long etsdu; /* max size of an expedited transport service
data unit (ETSDU) */
long connect; /* max amount of data allowed on connection
establishment functions */
long discon; /* max amount of data allowed on tsnddis
and trcvdis functions */
long servtype; /* service type supported by the transport provider */
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The values of the fields have the following meanings:
addr A value greater than or equal to zero indicates the maximum
size of a transport protocol address; a value of -1 speci-
fies that there is no limit on the address size; and a value
of -2 specifies that the transport provider does not provide
user access to transport protocol addresses.
options A value greater than or equal to zero indicates the maximum
number of bytes of protocol-specific options supported by
the provider; a value of -1 specifies that there is no limit
on the option size; and a value of -2 specifies that the
transport provider does not support user-settable options.
tsdu A value greater than zero specifies the maximum size of a
transport service data unit (TSDU); a value of zero speci-
fies that the transport provider does not support the con-
cept of TSDU, although it does support the sending of a data
stream with no logical boundaries preserved across a connec-
tion; a value of -1 specifies that there is no limit on the
size of a TSDU; and a value of -2 specifies that the
transfer of normal data is not supported by the transport
provider.
etsdu A value greater than zero specifies the maximum size of an
expedited transport service data unit (ETSDU); a value of
zero specifies that the transport provider does not support
the concept of ETSDU, although it does support the sending
of an expedited data stream with no logical boundaries
preserved across a connection; a value of -1 specifies that
there is no limit on the size of an ETSDU; and a value of -2
specifies that the transfer of expedited data is not sup-
ported by the transport provider.
connect A value greater than or equal to zero specifies the maximum
amount of data that may be associated with connection estab-
lishment functions; a value of -1 specifies that there is no
limit on the amount of data sent during connection estab-
lishment; and a value of -2 specifies that the transport
provider does not allow data to be sent with connection
establishment functions.
discon A value greater than or equal to zero specifies the maximum
amount of data that may be associated with the tsnddis and
trcvdis functions; a value of -1 specifies that there is no
limit on the amount of data sent with these abortive release
functions; and a value of -2 specifies that the transport
provider does not allow data to be sent with the abortive
release functions.
servtype This field specifies the service type supported by the
transport provider, as described below.
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If a transport user is concerned with protocol independence, the above
sizes may be accessed to determine how large the buffers must be to
hold each piece of information. Alternatively, the talloc function
may be used to allocate these buffers. An error will result if a
transport user exceeds the allowed data size on any function.
The servtype field of info may specify one of the following values on
return:
TCOTS The transport provider supports a connection-mode ser-
vice but does not support the optional orderly release
facility.
TCOTSORD The transport provider supports a connection-mode ser-
vice with the optional orderly release facility.
TCLTS The transport provider supports a connectionless-mode
service. For this service type, topen will return -2
for etsdu, connect, and discon.
A single transport endpoint may support only one of the above services
at one time.
If info is set to NULL by the transport user, no protocol information
is returned by topen.
ERRORS
On failure, terrno may be set to the following:
TSYSERR A system error has occurred during execution of this
function.
TBADFLAG An invalid flag is specified.
DIAGNOSTICS
topen returns a valid file descriptor on success and -1 on failure
and terrno is set to indicate the error.
SEE ALSO
open(2).
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