io_destroy(3)

✨ io_destroy(3) ✨

okay bestie, so this is io_destroy from the Library Functions Manual — it's the libaio girlie whose whole job is destroying an asynchronous I/O context. yes, she's the demolition crew 🩷💥

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💖 NAME 💖

io_destroy — destroy an asynchronous I/O context

📚 LIBRARY 📚

Asynchronous I/O library, aka libaio, link it with -laio. that's her home, that's her vibe 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <libaio.h>

long io_destroy(io_context_t *ctx_idp);

she takes one (1) pointer to an io_context_t, luv. that's it. that's the whole ask ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the tea. io_destroy() is a system call that pulls up on your context and does three things, in order:

1. it attempts to cancel all outstanding asynchronous I/O operations against ctx_id — like, all of them, no stragglers 💀
2. it blocks on the completion of all operations that could not be canceled — so if any of them refused to go, bestie is waiting, no cap, she will not move until they're done
3. and then, finally, it destroys the ctx_id — gone, poof, obliterated 🌈

lowkey note: the synopsis calls the thing ctx_idp and the description calls it ctx_id — that's just how the page is, bestie, i'm not fixing it, i'm reporting it 🙈

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

• success → returns 0 ✨ iconic, no notes
• error → returns a negative error code to indicate the error 😭

🦋 ERRORS 🦋

see io_destroy(2). yes queen, the syscall page is right there, go look 👑

⭐ STANDARDS ⭐

libaio.

🌸 HISTORY 🌸

libaio.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• io_destroy(2)
• io(3)
• aio(7)

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k that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 💅✨ this was io_destroy(3) from Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-04-11 — mwah, go forth and destroy your contexts responsibly 🎀💖🦋