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io_destroy(3) Library Functions Manual io_destroy(3)

NAME

io_destroy - destroy an asynchronous I/O context

LIBRARY

Asynchronous I/O library (libaio-laio)

SYNOPSIS

#include <libaio.h>
long io_destroy(io_context_t *ctx_idp);

DESCRIPTION

The io_destroy() system call will attempt to cancel all outstanding asynchronous I/O operations against ctx_id, will block on the completion of all operations that could not be canceled, and will destroy the ctx_id.

RETURN VALUE

On success, io_destroy() returns 0. On error, a negative error code is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

See io_destroy(2).

STANDARDS

libaio.

HISTORY

libaio.

SEE ALSO

io_destroy(2), io(3), aio(7)

2026-04-11 Linux man-pages 6.18