M_IOCACK

Signals the positive acknowledgment of a previous M_IOCTL message. The message format is one M_IOCACK block (containing an iocblk(9S) structure, see M_IOCTL) followed by zero or more M_DATA blocks. The iocblk(9S) may contain a value in ioc_rval to be returned to the user process. It may also contain a value in ioc_error to be returned to the user process in errno.

If this message is responding to an I_STR ioctl (see streamio(7I)), it may contain data from the receiving module or driver to be sent to the user process. In this case, message format is one M_IOCACK block followed by one or more M_DATA blocks containing the user data. The stream head returns the data to the user if there is a corresponding outstanding M_IOCTL request. Otherwise, the M_IOCACK message is ignored and all blocks in the message are freed.

Data cannot be returned in an M_IOCACK message responding to a transparent M_IOCTL. The data must have been sent with preceding M_COPYOUT message(s). If any M_DATA blocks follow the M_IOCACK block, the stream head ignores and frees them.

The format and use of this message type is described further under M_IOCTL.