How do I use mqueue (message queue) in a c program on a Linux based system?
I'm looking for some good code examples that can show how this is done in a correct and proper way, maybe a howto.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <mqueue.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
mqd_t mq; // message queue
struct mq_attr ma; // message queue attributes
int status = 0;
int a = 5;
int b = 0;
printf("a = %d, b = %d\n", a, b);
// Specify message queue attributes.
ma.mq_flags = 0; // blocking read/write
ma.mq_maxmsg = 16; // maximum number of messages allowed in queue
ma.mq_msgsize = sizeof(int); // messages are contents of an int
ma.mq_curmsgs = 0; // number of messages currently in queue
// Create the message queue with some default settings.
mq = mq_open("/test_queue", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0700, &ma);
// -1 indicates an error.
if (mq == -1)
{
printf("Failed to create queue.\n");
status = 1;
}
if (status == 0)
{
status = mq_send(mq, (char *)(&a), sizeof(int), 1);
}
if (status == 0)
{
status = mq_receive(mq, (char *)(&b), sizeof(int), NULL);
}
if ((status == 0) && (mq_close(mq) == -1))
{
printf("Error closing message queue.\n");
status = 1;
}
if ((status == 0) && (mq_unlink("test_queue") == -1))
{
printf("Error deleting message queue.\n");
status = 1;
}
printf("a = %d, b = %d\n", a, b);
return status;
}
Code as below for your reference:
IPC_msgq_rcv.c
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define MAXSIZE 128
void die(char *s)
{
perror(s);
exit(1);
}
struct msgbuf
{
long mtype;
char mtext[MAXSIZE];
};
void main()
{
int msqid;
key_t key;
struct msgbuf rcvbuffer;
key = 1234;
if ((msqid = msgget(key, 0666)) < 0)
die("msgget()");
//Receive an answer of message type 1.
if (msgrcv(msqid, &rcvbuffer, MAXSIZE, 1, 0) < 0)
die("msgrcv");
printf("%s\n", rcvbuffer.mtext);
exit(0);
}
IPC_msgq_send.c
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define MAXSIZE 128
void die(char *s)
{
perror(s);
exit(1);
}
struct msgbuf
{
long mtype;
char mtext[MAXSIZE];
};
main()
{
int msqid;
int msgflg = IPC_CREAT | 0666;
key_t key;
struct msgbuf sbuf;
size_t buflen;
key = 1234;
if ((msqid = msgget(key, msgflg )) < 0) //Get the message queue ID for the given key
die("msgget");
//Message Type
sbuf.mtype = 1;
printf("Enter a message to add to message queue : ");
scanf("%[^\n]",sbuf.mtext);
getchar();
buflen = strlen(sbuf.mtext) + 1 ;
if (msgsnd(msqid, &sbuf, buflen, IPC_NOWAIT) < 0)
{
printf ("%d, %ld, %s, %d \n", msqid, sbuf.mtype, sbuf.mtext, (int)buflen);
die("msgsnd");
}
else
printf("Message Sent\n");
exit(0);
}
Compile each of the source files, to get a writer-executable and reader-executable. As below::
gcc -o MQsender IPC_msgq_send.c
gcc -o MQreceiver IPC_msgq_rcv.c
Executing each of the binaries, you can send the message and read the message from the message queue. Also, try to see the message queue state, by running command (at different states of queue):
ipcs -q
For your linux system, you can know all the details of the IPC mechanisms and available queues etc, by using:
ipcs -a
The following is a simple example of a server that receives messages from clients until it receives an "exit" message telling it to stop.
The code for the server:
The code for the client:
The common header:
Compiling: