STREAMS-UX Programmer's Guide (February 2007)

STREAMS Utilities Supported by HP-UX

Appendix B

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NAME

freemsg () – Frees a STREAMS message.

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/stream.h>

void freemsg (mblk_t *mp);

PARAMETERS

Pointer to the message to be freed.

DESCRIPTION

This function calls freeb() to free all message blocks and corresponding data blocks and data buffers

associated with the message, beginning at

RETURN VALUES

None

CONSTRAINTS

freemsg() can be called from thread or interrupt context. Only spinlocks of STREAMS/UX user lock order

can be held across this call.