io_getcookie(3)

io_getcookie3

Retrieve cookie

Usage

#include <libowfat/io.h>

void* io_getcookie(int64 fd);

Overview

io_getcookie retrieves a cookie (pointer to some anonymous data structure you associated with this descriptor).

Use io_setcookie(3) to associate a cookie with a descriptor.

If you did not associate a cookie with this descriptor, io_getcookie returns NULL.

The idea is that you put the state associated with a TCP connection you serve in a common struct. Then you do not need to have your own data structure to retrieve the state for a connection, you can just use the data structure io_wait already maintains. The lookup works in constant time and should not cause any cache misses.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7–11
  2. 12–13

From libowfat-dev 0.32-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.