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+.\" $OpenBSD: msgctl.2,v 1.19 2024/04/30 17:03:14 op Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: msgctl.2,v 1.2 1997/03/27 08:20:35 mikel Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Frank van der Linden
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+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 30 2024 $
+.Dt MSGCTL 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm msgctl
+.Nd message control operations
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/msg.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn msgctl "int msqid" "int cmd" "struct msqid_ds *buf"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn msgctl
+system call performs some control operations on the message queue specified
+by
+.Fa msqid .
+.Pp
+Each message queue has a data structure associated with it, parts of which
+may be altered by
+.Fn msgctl
+and parts of which determine the actions of
+.Fn msgctl .
+The data structure is defined in
+.In sys/msg.h
+and contains (amongst others) the following members:
+.Bd -literal
+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() */
+};
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The
+.Vt ipc_perm
+structure used inside the
+.Vt msqid_ds
+structure is defined in
+.In sys/ipc.h
+and looks like this:
+.Bd -literal
+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 */
+};
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The operation to be performed by
+.Fn msgctl
+is specified in
+.Fa cmd
+and is one of:
+.Bl -tag -width IPC_RMIDX
+.It Dv IPC_STAT
+Gather information about the message queue and place it in the
+structure pointed to by
+.Fa buf .
+.It Dv IPC_SET
+Set the value of the
+.Fa msg_perm.uid ,
+.Fa msg_perm.gid ,
+.Fa msg_perm.mode
+and
+.Fa msg_qbytes
+fields in the structure associated with
+.Fa msqid .
+The values are taken from the corresponding fields in the structure
+pointed to by
+.Fa buf .
+This operation can only be executed by the superuser, or a process that
+has an effective user ID equal to either
+.Fa msg_perm.cuid
+or
+.Fa msg_perm.uid
+in the data structure associated with the message queue.
+The value of
+.Fa msg_qbytes
+can only be increased by the superuser.
+Values for
+.Fa msg_qbytes
+that exceed the system limit
+.Pf ( Dv MSGMNB
+from
+.In sys/msg.h )
+are silently truncated to that limit.
+.It Dv IPC_RMID
+Remove the message queue specified by
+.Fa msqid
+and destroy the data associated with it.
+Only the superuser or a process with an effective UID equal to the
+.Fa msg_perm.cuid
+or
+.Fa msg_perm.uid
+values in the data structure associated with the queue can do this.
+.El
+.Pp
+The permission to read from or write to a message queue (see
+.Xr msgsnd 2
+and
+.Xr msgrcv 2 )
+is determined by the
+.Fa msg_perm.mode
+field in the same way as is
+done with files (see
+.Xr chmod 2 ) ,
+but the effective UID can match either the
+.Fa msg_perm.cuid
+field or the
+.Fa msg_perm.uid
+field, and the
+effective GID can match either
+.Fa msg_perm.cgid
+or
+.Fa msg_perm.gid .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Rv -std
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn msgctl
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+.Fa cmd
+is equal to
+.Dv IPC_SET
+or
+.Dv IPC_RMID
+and the caller is not the superuser, nor does
+the effective UID match either the
+.Fa msg_perm.uid
+or
+.Fa msg_perm.cuid
+fields of the data structure associated with the message queue.
+.Pp
+An attempt is made to increase the value of
+.Fa msg_qbytes
+through
+.Dv IPC_SET
+but the caller is not the superuser.
+.It Bq Er EACCES
+The command is
+.Dv IPC_STAT
+and the caller has no read permission for this message queue.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+.Fa msqid
+is not a valid message queue identifier.
+.Pp
+.Fa cmd
+is not a valid command.
+.It Bq Er EFAULT
+.Fa buf
+specifies an invalid address.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr msgget 2 ,
+.Xr msgrcv 2 ,
+.Xr msgsnd 2
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn msgctl
+function conforms to the X/Open System Interfaces option of
+.St -p1003.1-2008 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+Message queues first appeared in
+.At V.1
+and have been available since
+.Nx 1.0 .