bbSeverity(2K)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | API RESTRICTIONS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES

NAME

bbSeverity- gets or sets or gets and sets the global severity bitmap for the node

SYNOPSIS

#include <blackbox/chBlackBox.h>

int bbSeverity(KnBBSeverity* oldmask, KnBBSeverity* newmask);

API RESTRICTIONS

The function or functions documented here may not be used safely in all application contexts with all APIs provided in the ChorusOS 5.0 product.

See API(5FEA) for details.

DESCRIPTION

bbSeverity() gets or sets or gets and sets the global severity bitmap for the node.

If oldmask is not the NULL pointer, the global severity bitmap will be copied to the location pointed to by oldmask. If newmask is not the NULL pointer, the global severity bitmap will be set to the value of the bitmap pointed to by newmask.

A given severity level can be tested for with the BB_SEV_* interface.

RETURN VALUES

bbSeverity() returns 0 on success. Otherwise, a negative error code is returned.

ERRORS

[K_EFAULT]:

Some of the data provided are outside the caller's address space

[K_EFAIL]:

The given blackbox is not initialized

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving

ChorusOS 5.0  Last Revised December 2001

NAME | SYNOPSIS | API RESTRICTIONS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES