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MSGCTL(2) FreeBSD System Calls Manual MSGCTL(2) NAME msgctl - message control operations SYNOPSIS #include <sys/msg.h> int msgctl(int msqid, int cmd, struct msqid_ds *buf); DESCRIPTION The msgctl() system call performs some control operations on the message queue specified by msqid. Each message queue has a data structure associated with it, parts of which may be altered by msgctl() and parts of which determine the actions of msgctl(). The data structure is defined in <sys/msg.h> and contains (amongst others) the following members: struct msqid_ds { struct ipc_perm msg_perm; /* msg queue permission bits */ msglen_t msg_cbytes; /* # of bytes in use on the queue */ msgqnum_t msg_qnum; /* # of msgs in the queue */ msglen_t msg_qbytes; /* max # of bytes on the queue */ pid_t msg_lspid; /* pid of last msgsnd() */ pid_t msg_lrpid; /* pid of last msgrcv() */ time_t msg_stime; /* time of last msgsnd() */ time_t msg_rtime; /* time of last msgrcv() */ time_t msg_ctime; /* time of last msgctl() */ }; The ipc_perm structure used inside the msqid_ds structure is defined in <sys/ipc.h> and looks like this: struct ipc_perm { uid_t cuid; /* creator user id */ gid_t cgid; /* creator group id */ uid_t uid; /* user id */ gid_t gid; /* group id */ mode_t mode; /* permission (9 bits, see chmod(2)) */ u_short seq; /* sequence # (to generate unique id) */ key_t key; /* user specified msg/sem/shm key */ }; The operation to be performed by msgctl() is specified in cmd and is one of: IPC_STAT Gather information about the message queue and place it in the structure pointed to by buf. IPC_SET Set the value of the msg_perm.uid, msg_perm.gid, msg_perm.mode and msg_qbytes fields in the structure associated with msqid. The values are taken from the corresponding fields in the structure pointed to by buf. This operation can only be executed by the superuser, or a process that has an effective user ID equal to either msg_perm.cuid or msg_perm.uid in the data structure associated with the message queue. The value of msg_qbytes can only be increased by the superuser. Values for msg_qbytes that exceed the system limit (MSGMNB from <sys/msg.h>) are silently truncated to that limit. IPC_RMID Remove the message queue specified by msqid and destroy the data associated with it. Only the superuser or a process with an effective UID equal to the msg_perm.cuid or msg_perm.uid values in the data structure associated with the queue can do this. The permission to read from or write to a message queue (see msgsnd(2) and msgrcv(2)) is determined by the msg_perm.mode field in the same way as is done with files (see chmod(2)), but the effective UID can match either the msg_perm.cuid field or the msg_perm.uid field, and the effective GID can match either msg_perm.cgid or msg_perm.gid. RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS msgctl() will fail if: [EPERM] cmd is equal to IPC_SET or IPC_RMID and the caller is not the superuser, nor does the effective UID match either the msg_perm.uid or msg_perm.cuid fields of the data structure associated with the message queue. An attempt is made to increase the value of msg_qbytes through IPC_SET but the caller is not the superuser. [EACCES] The command is IPC_STAT and the caller has no read permission for this message queue. [EINVAL] msqid is not a valid message queue identifier. cmd is not a valid command. [EFAULT] buf specifies an invalid address. SEE ALSO msgget(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2) STANDARDS The msgctl() function conforms to the X/Open System Interfaces option of IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 ("POSIX.1"). HISTORY Message queues first appeared in AT&T System V Release 1 UNIX and have been available since NetBSD 1.0. FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 April 30, 2024 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8