ham_action_waitfor()

Add a waitfor action to a condition

Synopsis:

#include <ha/ham.h>

ham_action_t *ham_action_waitfor(
                 ham_condition_t *chdl,
                 const char *aname, 
                 const char *path, 
                 int delay,
                 unsigned flags);

Arguments:

chdl: The HAM condition handle to which the action is added.
aname: The name of the action to add.
path: If path is specified, then the action waits for either the pathname to appear in the namespace or for the period specified in delay, whichever is lower.
delay: The delay you want to insert in milliseconds.
flags: The flag indicating how the function will be rearmed. See below.

Library:

libham

Description:

The ham_action_waitfor() function adds an action (aname) to a given condition. In this case, the action is one that lets you insert arbitrary delays into a sequence of actions.

The waitfor call fails if the specified path does not appear in the specified interval.

The handle (chdl) is obtained either:

from one of the ham_condition*() functions to add conditions
or:
by calling any of the ham_condition_handle() functions to request a handle to a specific condition.

You use the delay parameter to specify the “waitfor” period in milliseconds.

You can also specify a path in order to control the delay. If path is specified, then the action waits for either the pathname to appear in the namespace or for the period specified in delay, whichever is lower.

Currently the following flag is defined:

HREARMAFTERRESTART: Indicates that the action is to be automatically rearmed after the entity that it belongs to is restarted. By default, this flag is disabled — actions automatically get pruned across restarts of the entity. Note that if the condition that this action belongs to is pruned after a restart, this action will also be removed, regardless of the value of this flag.

Returns:

A valid handle to an action to a condition, or NULL if an error occurred (errno is set).

Errors:

EBADF

Couldn't connect to the HAM.

EINVAL

The name given in aname is invalid (e.g., it contains the “/” character) or is NULL.

The connection to the HAM is invalid. This happens when the process that opened the connection (using ham_connect()) and the process that's calling ham_action_waitfor() aren't the same.

The delay specified is invalid. Only values greater than zero are permitted.

The condition into which the action is being added has the HCONDNOWAIT set.

EEXIST

The name provided for the action already exists.

ENAMETOOLONG

The name given (in aname) is too long, i.e. it exceeds _POSIX_PATH_MAX (defined in <limits.h>). Note that the combined length of an entity/condition/action name is also limited by _POSIX_PATH_MAX.

ENOENT

There's no entity or condition specified by the given handle (chdl).

ENOMEM

Not enough memory to create a new handle.

In addition to the above errors, the HAM returns any error it encounters while servicing this request.

Classification:

QNX Neutrino

Safety:
Cancellation point	No
Interrupt handler	No
Signal handler	No
Thread	Yes