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authorMartin Lucina <mato@kotelna.sk>2010-05-31 12:53:40 +0200
committerMartin Lucina <mato@kotelna.sk>2010-05-31 12:53:40 +0200
commit8becacf82c950af951f477e3dc3f7ac79e110fc1 (patch)
tree4721b546b6568952de9bd36af7bd845959b9016e /doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
parentbe6019abd1ac6fe11c9c51dbadf9c72b37349c2a (diff)
Documentation updates
Add zmq_getsockopt(3), clean up zmq_setsockopt(3).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt')
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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt b/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
index 3bc1081..d9ba612 100644
--- a/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
+++ b/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ The _zmq_setsockopt()_ function shall set the option specified by the
for the 0MQ socket pointed to by the 'socket' argument. The 'option_len'
argument is the size of the option value in bytes.
-The following options are defined:
+The following socket options can be set with the _zmq_setsockopt()_ function:
ZMQ_HWM: Set high water mark
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_HWM' option shall set the high water mark for the _message queue_
-associated with the socket. The high water mark is a hard limit on the number
-of outstanding messages in the queue; if this limit has been reached the socket
-shall enter an "emergency" state and depending on the socket type, 0MQ shall
-take appropriate action such as blocking or dropping new messages entering the
-queue.
+associated with the specified 'socket'. The high water mark is a hard limit on
+the number of outstanding messages in the queue; if this limit has been reached
+the socket shall enter an "emergency" state and depending on the socket type,
+0MQ shall take appropriate action such as blocking or dropping new messages
+entering the queue.
The default 'ZMQ_HWM' value of zero means "no limit".
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ Applicable socket types:: all
ZMQ_SWAP: Set disk offload size
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_SWAP' option shall set the disk offload (swap) size for the _message
-queue_ associated with the socket. A socket which has 'ZMQ_SWAP' set to a
-non-zero value may exceed it's high water mark; in this case outstanding
-messages shall be offloaded to storage on disk rather than held in memory.
+queue_ associated with the specified 'socket'. A socket which has 'ZMQ_SWAP'
+set to a non-zero value may exceed it's high water mark; in this case
+outstanding messages shall be offloaded to storage on disk rather than held in
+memory.
The value of 'ZMQ_SWAP' defines the maximum size of the swap space in bytes.
@@ -57,9 +58,8 @@ Applicable socket types:: all
ZMQ_AFFINITY: Set I/O thread affinity
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The 'ZMQ_AFFINITY' option shall set the I/O thread affinity for connections
-created by subsequent _zmq_connect()_ or _zmq_bind()_ calls on the specified
-'socket'.
+The 'ZMQ_AFFINITY' option shall set the I/O thread affinity for newly created
+connections on the specified 'socket'.
Affinity determines which threads from the 0MQ I/O thread pool associated with
the socket's _context_ shall handle newly created connections. A value of zero
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ Applicable socket types:: N/A
ZMQ_IDENTITY: Set socket identity
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The 'ZMQ_IDENTITY' option shall set the identity of the socket. Socket identity
-determines if existing 0MQ infastructure (_message queues_, _forwarding
-devices_) shall be identified with a specific application and persist across
-multiple runs of the application.
+The 'ZMQ_IDENTITY' option shall set the identity of the specified 'socket'.
+Socket identity determines if existing 0MQ infastructure (_message queues_,
+_forwarding devices_) shall be identified with a specific application and
+persist across multiple runs of the application.
If the socket has no identity, each run of an application is completely
separate from other runs. However, with identity set the socket shall re-use
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports
ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL: Set multicast recovery interval
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL' option shall set the recovery interval for multicast
-transports such as linkzmq:zmq_pgm[7] using the specified 'socket'. The
-recovery interval determines the maximum time in seconds that a receiver can be
-absent from a multicast group before unrecoverable data loss will occur.
+transports using the specified 'socket'. The recovery interval determines the
+maximum time in seconds that a receiver can be absent from a multicast group
+before unrecoverable data loss will occur.
CAUTION: Excersize care when setting large recovery intervals as the data
needed for recovery will be held in memory. For example, a 1 minute recovery
@@ -163,11 +163,12 @@ Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports
ZMQ_MCAST_LOOP: Control multicast loopback
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_MCAST_LOOP' option shall control whether data sent via multicast
-transports can also be received by the sending host via loopback. A value of
-zero disables the loopback functionality, while the default value of 1 enables
-the loopback functionality. Leaving multicast loopback enabled when it is not
-required can have a negative impact on performance. Where possible, disable
-'ZMQ_MCAST_LOOP' in production environments.
+transports using the specified 'socket' can also be received by the sending
+host via loopback. A value of zero disables the loopback functionality, while
+the default value of 1 enables the loopback functionality. Leaving multicast
+loopback enabled when it is not required can have a negative impact on
+performance. Where possible, disable 'ZMQ_MCAST_LOOP' in production
+environments.
Option value type:: uint64_t
Option value unit:: boolean
@@ -178,8 +179,8 @@ Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports
ZMQ_SNDBUF: Set kernel transmit buffer size
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_SNDBUF' option shall set the underlying kernel transmit buffer size
-for the socket to the specified size in bytes. A value of zero means leave the
-OS default unchanged. For details please refer to your operating system
+for the 'socket' to the specified size in bytes. A value of zero means leave
+the OS default unchanged. For details please refer to your operating system
documentation for the 'SO_SNDBUF' socket option.
Option value type:: uint64_t
@@ -191,9 +192,9 @@ Applicable socket types:: all
ZMQ_RCVBUF: Set kernel receive buffer size
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_RCVBUF' option shall set the underlying kernel receive buffer size for
-the socket to the specified size in bytes. A value of zero means leave the OS
-default unchanged. For details refer to your operating system documentation for
-the 'SO_RCVBUF' socket option.
+the 'socket' to the specified size in bytes. A value of zero means leave the
+OS default unchanged. For details refer to your operating system documentation
+for the 'SO_RCVBUF' socket option.
Option value type:: uint64_t
Option value unit:: bytes
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ The requested option _option_name_ is unknown, or the requested _option_len_ or
_option_value_ is invalid.
*ETERM*::
-The associated context was terminted.
+The 0MQ 'context' associated with the specified 'socket' was terminated.
EXAMPLE
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ assert (rc);
SEE ALSO
--------
+linkzmq:zmq_getsockopt[3]
linkzmq:zmq_socket[3]
linkzmq:zmq[7]