1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>wimax_msg</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Networking and Network Devices APIs"><link rel="up" href="ch01s06.html" title="WiMAX"><link rel="prev" href="API-wimax-msg-send.html" title="wimax_msg_send"><link rel="next" href="API-wimax-reset.html" title="wimax_reset"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">wimax_msg</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-wimax-msg-send.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">WiMAX</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-wimax-reset.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-wimax-msg"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>wimax_msg &#8212; 
2     Send a message to user space
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">wimax_msg </b>(</code></td><td>struct wimax_dev * <var class="pdparam">wimax_dev</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const char * <var class="pdparam">pipe_name</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const void * <var class="pdparam">buf</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>gfp_t <var class="pdparam">gfp_flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1097586308"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>wimax_dev</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     WiMAX device descriptor (properly referenced)
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>pipe_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     "named pipe" the message will be sent to
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>buf</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     pointer to the message to send.
9    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
10     size of the buffer pointed to by <em class="parameter"><code>buf</code></em> (in bytes).
11    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>gfp_flags</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
12     flags for memory allocation.
13    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1097592420"></a><h2>Returns</h2><p>
14   <code class="constant">0</code> if ok, negative errno code on error.
15</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1097593252"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
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18   Sends a free-form message to user space on the device <em class="parameter"><code>wimax_dev</code></em>.
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22   Once the <em class="parameter"><code>skb</code></em> is given to this function, who will own it and will
23   release it when done (unless it returns error).
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