mq_getsetattr(2)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to mq_getsetattr(2), which lives in the System Calls Manual 💖. Its whole identity is:

mq_getsetattr — get/set message queue attributes 💅

That's the name. That's the job. No cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

like, here's the summoning circle, exactly as written:

#include <mqueue.h>           /* Definition of struct mq_attr */
#include <sys/syscall.h>      /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
#include <unistd.h>

int syscall(SYS_mq_getsetattr, mqd_t mqdes,
            const struct mq_attr *newattr, struct mq_attr *oldattr);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Do not use this system call. 🚫 like, genuinely, that's the description. It's giving "do not perceive me" energy.

This is the low-level system call used to implement mq_getattr(3) and mq_setattr(3). For an explanation of how this system call operates, see the description of mq_setattr(3). 📖✨

👑 STANDARDS 👑

None. not a single crumb of standard 🫠💀

🔥 NOTES 🔥

Never call it unless you are writing a C library! 🚨

That's the note. That's the whole note. If you are not literally writing a C library, hands off the syscall, bestie. 🙈💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• mq_getattr(3)
• mq_overview(7)

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