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mq_open

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long mq_open(const char *name, int oflag, umode_t mode, struct mq_attr *attr);
Number (x86-64) 240
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_mq_open

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Opens or creates a POSIX message queue and returns a descriptor for it.

Name Type Meaning
name (arg0) const char * Name string (a path, queue name, module name or attribute name depending on the call).
oflag (arg1) int Open flags.
mode (arg2) umode_t Permission bits (and, for some calls, the file type) for a file or directory being created or changed.
attr (arg3) struct mq_attr * Pointer to an attribute structure.

On success: A new file descriptor (a non-negative number).

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Raw return Name Meaning
-13 EACCES Permission denied.
-17 EEXIST The object already exists.
-2 ENOENT A path component or the named object does not exist.

mq_open(2) on man7.org

Coverage mark: Implemented. Every pointer argument has a capture rule in the pinned kernel patch and none of them records a “no decoder”, “address only” or “not observed” gap on any code path. Individual values can still be incomplete on a particular call; see the capture statuses.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Argument When How Recorded field key Condition
name (arg0) Entry the pointer itself, as a raw word args.0, args.raw[0]
↳ pointee Entry NUL-terminated string, up to 4,096 bytes (PATH_MAX) arg0.path always
oflag (arg1) Entry raw scalar word args.1, args.oflag
mode (arg2) Entry raw scalar word args.2, args.mode
attr (arg3) Entry the pointer itself, as a raw word args.3, args.raw[3]
↳ pointee Entry structure mq_attr (fixed size) arg3.data always
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args.name (arg0), args.oflag (arg1), args.mode (arg2), args.attr (arg3); args.0 to args.5 by position.
  • Captured strings: the args.<name> field of a path argument, and args.path, give the captured text instead of the pointer.
  • Structure mq_attr behind attr (arg3): args.attr.<member> for mq_curmsgs, mq_flags, mq_maxmsg, mq_msgsize.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.