Advanced Operating Systems   COMP9242 2002/S2

UNSW

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Example: Receive Call

	int l4_mips_ipc_receive (		l4_threadid_t src,	UID of sender thread
			const void *rcv_msg,	msg descriptor
			l4_ipc_reg_msg_t *rcv_reg,	initial part of message
			l4_timeout_t timeout,	timeout spec
			l4_msgdope_t *result)	result code

Will only accept message from specified sender.

result contains result code and description of received message (i.e. in-line vs. out-of-line data).