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send(2): describe sendmmsg(2) in more detail and correct arg list
OK? -Otto Index: sys/send.2 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/src/lib/libc/sys/send.2,v diff -u -p -r1.35 send.2 --- sys/send.2 9 Sep 2022 13:52:59 -0000 1.35 +++ sys/send.2 7 Mar 2024 13:34:07 -0000 @@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ .Ft ssize_t .Fn sendmsg "int s" "const struct msghdr *msg" "int flags" .Ft int -.Fn sendmmsg "int s" "const struct mmsghdr *mmsg" "unsigned int vlen" "int flags" +.Fn sendmmsg "int s" "struct mmsghdr *mmsg" "unsigned int vlen" "int flags" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn send , .Fn sendto , -.Fn sendmsg , and +.Fn sendmsg +are used to transmit one message to another socket. .Fn sendmmsg -are used to transmit a message to another socket. +is used to send one or more messages to another socket. .Fn send may be used only when the socket is in a .Em connected @@ -78,6 +79,18 @@ underlying protocol, the error .Er EMSGSIZE is returned, and the message is not transmitted. +.Pp +The +.Fn sendmmsg +function sends multiple messages at a call. +They are given by the +.Fa msgvec +vector along with +.Fa vlen +specifying the vector size. +The number of octets sent per each message is placed in the +.Fa msg_len +field of each processed element of the vector after transmission. .Pp No indication of failure to deliver is implicit in a .Fn send .
send(2): describe sendmmsg(2) in more detail and correct arg list