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-rw-r--r--host/include/uhd/transport/zero_copy.hpp13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/transport/zero_copy.hpp b/host/include/uhd/transport/zero_copy.hpp
index da10bfbe2..513291b63 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/transport/zero_copy.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/transport/zero_copy.hpp
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace transport{
* This should be called to commit the write to the transport object.
* After calling, the referenced memory should be considered invalid.
* \param num_bytes the number of bytes written into the buffer
+ * \return the number of bytes written, 0 for timeout, negative for error
*/
- virtual void commit(size_t num_bytes) = 0;
+ virtual ssize_t commit(size_t num_bytes) = 0;
/*!
* Get the size of the underlying buffer.
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace transport{
/*!
* Get a new receive buffer from this transport object.
+ * \return a managed buffer, or null sptr on timeout/error
*/
virtual managed_recv_buffer::sptr get_recv_buff(void) = 0;
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace transport{
/*!
* Get a new send buffer from this transport object.
+ * \return a managed buffer, or null sptr on timeout/error
*/
virtual managed_send_buffer::sptr get_send_buff(void) = 0;
@@ -175,9 +178,9 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace transport{
/*!
* Perform a private copying recv.
* \param buff the buffer to write data into
- * \return the number of bytes written to buff
+ * \return the number of bytes written to buff, 0 for timeout, negative for error
*/
- virtual size_t recv(const boost::asio::mutable_buffer &buff) = 0;
+ virtual ssize_t recv(const boost::asio::mutable_buffer &buff) = 0;
UHD_PIMPL_DECL(impl) _impl;
};
@@ -208,9 +211,9 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace transport{
/*!
* Perform a private copying send.
* \param buff the buffer to read data from
- * \return the number of bytes read from buff
+ * \return the number of bytes read from buff, 0 for timeout, negative for error
*/
- virtual size_t send(const boost::asio::const_buffer &buff) = 0;
+ virtual ssize_t send(const boost::asio::const_buffer &buff) = 0;
UHD_PIMPL_DECL(impl) _impl;
};