t_alloc.3 (2010 09)

t_alloc(3) t_alloc(3)

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, t_alloc() returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. On failure,

a null pointer is returned.

ERRORS

On failure,

t_errno is set to one of the following:

[TBADF] fd, the speciﬁed endpoint identiﬁer, does not refer to a transport endpoint.

[TSYSERR] A system error has occurred during execution of this function.

[TPROTO] (XTI only) This error indicates that a communication problem has been detected between

XTI and the transport provider for which there is no suitable XTI (

t_errno).

[TNOSTRUCTYPE]

Unsupported struct_type requested. This can include a request for a structure type

which is inconsistent with the transport provider type speciﬁed, that is, connection-

oriented or connectionless.