nbd_aio_connect - connect to the NBD server

       Eric Blake

       Richard W.M. Jones

       Copyright Red Hat

       Begin connecting to the NBD server.  The "addr" and "addrlen" parameters specify the address of the
       socket to connect to.

       You can check if the connection attempt is still underway by calling nbd_aio_is_connecting(3).  If
       nbd_set_opt_mode(3) is enabled, the connection is ready for manual option negotiation once
       nbd_aio_is_negotiating(3) returns true; otherwise, the connection attempt will include the NBD handshake,
       and is ready for use once nbd_aio_is_ready(3) returns true.

       On error -1 is returned.

       Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

       The following parameters must not be NULL: "h", "addr".  For more information see "Non-NULL parameters"
       in libnbd(3).

       nbd_aio_connect can be called when the handle is in the following state:

        ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
        │ Handle created, before connecting   │ ✅ allowed              │
        │ Connecting                          │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connecting & handshaking (opt_mode) │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connected to the server             │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connection shut down                │ ❌ error                │
        │ Handle dead                         │ ❌ error                │
        └─────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

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libnbd-1.22.2                                      2025-06-16                                 nbd_aio_connect(3)

       nbd_aio_connect - connect to the NBD server

       If the call is successful the function returns 0.

nbd_aio_is_connecting(3), nbd_aio_is_negotiating(3), nbd_aio_is_ready(3), nbd_create(3),
       nbd_set_opt_mode(3), libnbd(3).

        #include <libnbd.h>

        int nbd_aio_connect (
              struct nbd_handle *h, const struct sockaddr *addr,
              socklen_t addrlen
            );

       This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

       If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following macro is
       defined:

        #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_AIO_CONNECT 1