Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

q

Pointer to STREAMS queue structure.

size

Number of bytes required for the buffer.

pri

Priority of the allocb(9F) allocation request (not used).

func

Function or driver routine to be called when a buffer becomes available.

arg

Argument to the function to be called when a buffer becomes available.

qbufcall() serves as a qtimeout(9F) call of indeterminate length. When a buffer allocation request fails, qbufcall() can be used to schedule the routine func to be called with the argument arg when a buffer becomes available. func may call allocb() or it may do something else.

The qbufcall() function is tailored to be used with the enhanced STREAMS framework interface, which is based on the concept of perimeters. (See mt-streams(9F).) qbufcall() schedules the specified function to execute after entering the perimeters associated with the queue passed in as the first parameter to qbufcall(). All outstanding timeouts and bufcalls must be cancelled (using, respectively, quntimeout(9F) and qunbufcall(9F)) before a driver close routine can block and before the close routine calls qprocsoff(9F).

qprocson(9F) must be called before calling either qbufcall() or qtimeout(9F).

If successful, qbufcall() returns a qbufcall ID that can be used in a call to qunbufcall(9F) to cancel the request. If the qbufcall() scheduling fails, func is never called and 0 is returned.

qbufcall() can be called from user or interrupt context.

allocb(9F), mt-streams(9F), qprocson(9F), qtimeout(9F), qunbufcall(9F), quntimeout(9F)

Writing Device Drivers

STREAMS Programming Guide

Even when func is called by qbufcall(), allocb(9F) can fail if another module or driver had allocated the memory before func was able to call allocb(9F).