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.TH io_uring_submit_and_wait 3 "November 15, 2021" "liburing-2.1" "liburing Manual"
.SH NAME
io_uring_submit_and_wait - submit requests to the submission queue and wait for completion
.fi
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <liburing.h>"
.PP
.BI "int io_uring_submit_and_wait(struct io_uring *" ring ","
.BI " unsigned " wait_nr ");"
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The io_uring_submit_and_wait() function submits the next events to the submission
queue belonging to the
.I ring
and waits for
.I wait_nr
completion events.
After the caller retrieves a submission queue entry (SQE) with io_uring_get_sqe(),
prepares the SQE, it can be submitted with io_uring_submit_and_wait().
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success
.BR io_uring_submit_and_wait (3)
returns the number of submitted submission queue entries. On failure it returns -errno.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR io_uring_get_sqe (3), io_uring_submit (3), io_uring_submit_and_wait_timeout (3)