zmq_setsockopt(3) ================= NAME ---- zmq_setsockopt - set 0MQ socket options SYNOPSIS -------- *int zmq_setsockopt (void '*socket', int 'option_name', const void '*option_value', size_t 'option_len');* Caution: All options, with the exception of ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE, ZMQ_UNSUBSCRIBE, ZMQ_LINGER, ZMQ_ROUTER_MANDATORY and ZMQ_XPUB_VERBOSE only take effect for subsequent socket bind/connects. DESCRIPTION ----------- The _zmq_setsockopt()_ function shall set the option specified by the 'option_name' argument to the value pointed to by the 'option_value' argument for the 0MQ socket pointed to by the 'socket' argument. The 'option_len' argument is the size of the option value in bytes. The following socket options can be set with the _zmq_setsockopt()_ function: ZMQ_SNDHWM: Set high water mark for outbound messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_SNDHWM' option shall set the high water mark for outbound messages on the specified 'socket'. The high water mark is a hard limit on the maximum number of outstanding messages 0MQ shall queue in memory for any single peer that the specified 'socket' is communicating with. If this limit has been reached the socket shall enter an exceptional state and depending on the socket type, 0MQ shall take appropriate action such as blocking or dropping sent messages. Refer to the individual socket descriptions in linkzmq:zmq_socket[3] for details on the exact action taken for each socket type. NOTE: 0MQ does not guarantee that the socket will accept as many as ZMQ_SNDHWM messages, and the actual limit may be as much as 60-70% lower depending on the flow of messages on the socket. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: messages Default value:: 1000 Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_RCVHWM: Set high water mark for inbound messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_RCVHWM' option shall set the high water mark for inbound messages on the specified 'socket'. The high water mark is a hard limit on the maximum number of outstanding messages 0MQ shall queue in memory for any single peer that the specified 'socket' is communicating with. If this limit has been reached the socket shall enter an exceptional state and depending on the socket type, 0MQ shall take appropriate action such as blocking or dropping sent messages. Refer to the individual socket descriptions in linkzmq:zmq_socket[3] for details on the exact action taken for each socket type. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: messages Default value:: 1000 Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_AFFINITY: Set I/O thread affinity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_AFFINITY' option shall set the I/O thread affinity for newly created connections on the specified 'socket'. Affinity determines which threads from the 0MQ I/O thread pool associated with the socket's _context_ shall handle newly created connections. A value of zero specifies no affinity, meaning that work shall be distributed fairly among all 0MQ I/O threads in the thread pool. For non-zero values, the lowest bit corresponds to thread 1, second lowest bit to thread 2 and so on. For example, a value of 3 specifies that subsequent connections on 'socket' shall be handled exclusively by I/O threads 1 and 2. See also linkzmq:zmq_init[3] for details on allocating the number of I/O threads for a specific _context_. [horizontal] Option value type:: uint64_t Option value unit:: N/A (bitmap) Default value:: 0 Applicable socket types:: N/A ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE: Establish message filter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE' option shall establish a new message filter on a 'ZMQ_SUB' socket. Newly created 'ZMQ_SUB' sockets shall filter out all incoming messages, therefore you should call this option to establish an initial message filter. An empty 'option_value' of length zero shall subscribe to all incoming messages. A non-empty 'option_value' shall subscribe to all messages beginning with the specified prefix. Multiple filters may be attached to a single 'ZMQ_SUB' socket, in which case a message shall be accepted if it matches at least one filter. [horizontal] Option value type:: binary data Option value unit:: N/A Default value:: N/A Applicable socket types:: ZMQ_SUB ZMQ_UNSUBSCRIBE: Remove message filter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_UNSUBSCRIBE' option shall remove an existing message filter on a 'ZMQ_SUB' socket. The filter specified must match an existing filter previously established with the 'ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE' option. If the socket has several instances of the same filter attached the 'ZMQ_UNSUBSCRIBE' option shall remove only one instance, leaving the rest in place and functional. [horizontal] Option value type:: binary data Option value unit:: N/A Default value:: N/A Applicable socket types:: ZMQ_SUB ZMQ_IDENTITY: Set socket identity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_IDENTITY' option shall set the identity of the specified 'socket'. Socket identity is used only by request/reply pattern. Namely, it can be used in tandem with ROUTER socket to route messages to the peer with specific identity. Identity should be at least one byte and at most 255 bytes long. Identities starting with binary zero are reserved for use by 0MQ infrastructure. If two peers use the same identity when connecting to a third peer, the results shall be undefined. [horizontal] Option value type:: binary data Option value unit:: N/A Default value:: NULL Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_RATE: Set multicast data rate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_RATE' option shall set the maximum send or receive data rate for multicast transports such as linkzmq:zmq_pgm[7] using the specified 'socket'. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: kilobits per second Default value:: 100 Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL: Set multicast recovery interval ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_RECOVERY_IVL' option shall set the recovery interval for multicast transports using the specified 'socket'. The recovery interval determines the maximum time in milliseconds that a receiver can be absent from a multicast group before unrecoverable data loss will occur. CAUTION: Exercise care when setting large recovery intervals as the data needed for recovery will be held in memory. For example, a 1 minute recovery interval at a data rate of 1Gbps requires a 7GB in-memory buffer. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: milliseconds Default value:: 10000 Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports ZMQ_SNDBUF: Set kernel transmit buffer size ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_SNDBUF' option shall set the underlying kernel transmit buffer size for the 'socket' to the specified size in bytes. A value of zero means leave the OS default unchanged. For details please refer to your operating system documentation for the 'SO_SNDBUF' socket option. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: bytes Default value:: 0 Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_RCVBUF: Set kernel receive buffer size ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_RCVBUF' option shall set the underlying kernel receive buffer size for the 'socket' to the specified size in bytes. A value of zero means leave the OS default unchanged. For details refer to your operating system documentation for the 'SO_RCVBUF' socket option. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: bytes Default value:: 0 Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_LINGER: Set linger period for socket shutdown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_LINGER' option shall set the linger period for the specified 'socket'. The linger period determines how long pending messages which have yet to be sent to a peer shall linger in memory after a socket is closed with linkzmq:zmq_close[3], and further affects the termination of the socket's context with linkzmq:zmq_term[3]. The following outlines the different behaviours: * The default value of '-1' specifies an infinite linger period. Pending messages shall not be discarded after a call to _zmq_close()_; attempting to terminate the socket's context with _zmq_term()_ shall block until all pending messages have been sent to a peer. * The value of '0' specifies no linger period. Pending messages shall be discarded immediately when the socket is closed with _zmq_close()_. * Positive values specify an upper bound for the linger period in milliseconds. Pending messages shall not be discarded after a call to _zmq_close()_; attempting to terminate the socket's context with _zmq_term()_ shall block until either all pending messages have been sent to a peer, or the linger period expires, after which any pending messages shall be discarded. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: milliseconds Default value:: -1 (infinite) Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL: Set reconnection interval ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL' option shall set the initial reconnection interval for the specified 'socket'. The reconnection interval is the period 0MQ shall wait between attempts to reconnect disconnected peers when using connection-oriented transports. The value -1 means no reconnection. NOTE: The reconnection interval may be randomized by 0MQ to prevent reconnection storms in topologies with a large number of peers per socket. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: milliseconds Default value:: 100 Applicable socket types:: all, only for connection-oriented transports ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL_MAX: Set maximum reconnection interval ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL_MAX' option shall set the maximum reconnection interval for the specified 'socket'. This is the maximum period 0MQ shall wait between attempts to reconnect. On each reconnect attempt, the previous interval shall be doubled untill ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL_MAX is reached. This allows for exponential backoff strategy. Default value means no exponential backoff is performed and reconnect interval calculations are only based on ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL. NOTE: Values less than ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL will be ignored. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: milliseconds Default value:: 0 (only use ZMQ_RECONNECT_IVL) Applicable socket types:: all, only for connection-oriented transports ZMQ_BACKLOG: Set maximum length of the queue of outstanding connections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'ZMQ_BACKLOG' option shall set the maximum length of the queue of outstanding peer connections for the specified 'socket'; this only applies to connection-oriented transports. For details refer to your operating system documentation for the 'listen' function. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: connections Default value:: 100 Applicable socket types:: all, only for connection-oriented transports. ZMQ_MAXMSGSIZE: Maximum acceptable inbound message size ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Limits the size of the inbound message. If a peer sends a message larger than ZMQ_MAXMSGSIZE it is disconnected. Value of -1 means 'no limit'. [horizontal] Option value type:: int64_t Option value unit:: bytes Default value:: -1 Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_MULTICAST_HOPS: Maximum network hops for multicast packets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets the time-to-live field in every multicast packet sent from this socket. The default is 1 which means that the multicast packets don't leave the local network. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: network hops Default value:: 1 Applicable socket types:: all, when using multicast transports ZMQ_RCVTIMEO: Maximum time before a recv operation returns with EAGAIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets the timeout for receive operation on the socket. If the value is `0`, _zmq_recv(3)_ will return immediately, with a EAGAIN error if there is no message to receive. If the value is `-1`, it will block until a message is available. For all other values, it will wait for a message for that amount of time before returning with an EAGAIN error. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: milliseconds Default value:: -1 (infinite) Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_SNDTIMEO: Maximum time before a send operation returns with EAGAIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets the timeout for send operation on the socket. If the value is `0`, _zmq_send(3)_ will return immediately, with a EAGAIN error if the message cannot be sent. If the value is `-1`, it will block until the message is sent. For all other values, it will try to send the message for that amount of time before returning with an EAGAIN error. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: milliseconds Default value:: -1 (infinite) Applicable socket types:: all ZMQ_IPV4ONLY: Use IPv4-only sockets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets the underlying native socket type. A value of `1` will use IPv4 sockets, while the value of `0` will use IPv6 sockets. An IPv6 socket lets applications connect to and accept connections from both IPv4 and IPv6 hosts. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: boolean Default value:: 1 (true) Applicable socket types:: all, when using TCP transports. ZMQ_DELAY_ATTACH_ON_CONNECT: Accept messages only when connections are made ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If set to `1`, will delay the attachment of a pipe on connect until the underlying connection has completed. This will cause the socket to block if there are no other connections, but will prevent queues from filling on pipes awaiting connection. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: boolean Default value:: 0 (false) Applicable socket types:: all, only for connection-oriented transports. ZMQ_ROUTER_MANDATORY: accept only routable messages on ROUTER sockets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets the 'ROUTER' socket behavior when an unroutable message is encountered. A value of `0` is the default and discards the message silently when it cannot be routed. A value of `1` returns an 'EHOSTUNREACH' error code if the message cannot be routed. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: 0, 1 Default value:: 0 Applicable socket types:: ZMQ_ROUTER ZMQ_XPUB_VERBOSE: provide all subscription messages on XPUB sockets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets the 'XPUB' socket behavior on new subscriptions and unsubscriptions. A value of '0' is the default and passes only new subscription messages to upstream. A value of '1' passes all subscription messages upstream. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: 0, 1 Default value:: 0 Applicable socket types:: ZMQ_XPUB ZMQ_TCP_KEEPALIVE: Override SO_KEEPALIVE socket option ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Override 'SO_KEEPALIVE' socket option(where supported by OS). The default value of `-1` means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: -1,0,1 Default value:: -1 (leave to OS default) Applicable socket types:: all, when using TCP transports. ZMQ_TCP_KEEPALIVE_IDLE: Override TCP_KEEPCNT(or TCP_KEEPALIVE on some OS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Override 'TCP_KEEPCNT'(or 'TCP_KEEPALIVE' on some OS) socket option(where supported by OS). The default value of `-1` means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: -1,>0 Default value:: -1 (leave to OS default) Applicable socket types:: all, when using TCP transports. ZMQ_TCP_KEEPALIVE_CNT: Override TCP_KEEPCNT socket option ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Override 'TCP_KEEPCNT' socket option(where supported by OS). The default value of `-1` means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: -1,>0 Default value:: -1 (leave to OS default) Applicable socket types:: all, when using TCP transports. ZMQ_TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTVL: Override TCP_KEEPINTVL socket option ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Override 'TCP_KEEPINTVL' socket option(where supported by OS). The default value of `-1` means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default. [horizontal] Option value type:: int Option value unit:: -1,>0 Default value:: -1 (leave to OS default) Applicable socket types:: all, when using TCP transports. ZMQ_TCP_ACCEPT_FILTER: Assign filters to allow new TCP connections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Assign arbitrary number of filters that will be applied for each new TCP transport connection on a listening socket. If no filters applied, then TCP transport allows connections from any ip. If at least one filter is applied then new connection source ip should be matched. To clear all filters call zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_TCP_ACCEPT_FILTER, NULL, 0). Filter is a null-terminated string with ipv6 or ipv4 CIDR. [horizontal] Option value type:: binary data Option value unit:: N/A Default value:: no filters (allow from all) Applicable socket types:: all listening sockets, when using TCP transports. RETURN VALUE ------------ The _zmq_setsockopt()_ function shall return zero if successful. Otherwise it shall return `-1` and set 'errno' to one of the values defined below. ERRORS ------ *EINVAL*:: The requested option _option_name_ is unknown, or the requested _option_len_ or _option_value_ is invalid. *ETERM*:: The 0MQ 'context' associated with the specified 'socket' was terminated. *ENOTSOCK*:: The provided 'socket' was invalid. *EINTR*:: The operation was interrupted by delivery of a signal. EXAMPLE ------- .Subscribing to messages on a 'ZMQ_SUB' socket ---- /* Subscribe to all messages */ rc = zmq_setsockopt (socket, ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE, "", 0); assert (rc == 0); /* Subscribe to messages prefixed with "ANIMALS.CATS" */ rc = zmq_setsockopt (socket, ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE, "ANIMALS.CATS", 12); ---- .Setting I/O thread affinity ---- int64_t affinity; /* Incoming connections on TCP port 5555 shall be handled by I/O thread 1 */ affinity = 1; rc = zmq_setsockopt (socket, ZMQ_AFFINITY, &affinity, sizeof affinity); assert (rc); rc = zmq_bind (socket, "tcp://lo:5555"); assert (rc); /* Incoming connections on TCP port 5556 shall be handled by I/O thread 2 */ affinity = 2; rc = zmq_setsockopt (socket, ZMQ_AFFINITY, &affinity, sizeof affinity); assert (rc); rc = zmq_bind (socket, "tcp://lo:5556"); assert (rc); ---- SEE ALSO -------- linkzmq:zmq_getsockopt[3] linkzmq:zmq_socket[3] linkzmq:zmq[7] AUTHORS ------- This 0MQ manual page was written by Martin Sustrik and Martin Lucina .