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+/* Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#ifndef _SYS_MSG_H
+# error "Never use <bits/msq.h> directly; include <sys/msg.h> instead."
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+/* Define options for message queue functions.  */
+#define MSG_NOERROR	010000	/* no error if message is too big */
+#define MSG_EXCEPT	020000	/* recv any msg except of specified type */
+
+
+/* Structure of record for one message inside the kernel.
+   The type `struct msg' is opaque.  */
+struct msqid_ds
+{
+  struct ipc_perm msg_perm;	/* structure describing operation permission */
+  __time_t msg_stime;		/* time of last msgsnd command */
+  __time_t msg_rtime;		/* time of last msgrcv command */
+  __time_t msg_ctime;		/* time of last change */
+  unsigned long int __msg_cbytes; /* current number of bytes on queue */
+  unsigned long int msg_qnum;	/* number of messages currently on queue */
+  unsigned long int msg_qbytes;	/* max number of bytes allowed on queue */
+  pid_t msg_lspid;		/* pid of last msgsnd() */
+  pid_t msg_lrpid;		/* pid of last msgrcv() */
+  unsigned long int __unused1;
+  unsigned long int __unused2;
+};
+
+#ifdef __LIBC_IPC_INTERNAL
+struct __old_msqid_ds
+{
+  struct __old_ipc_perm msg_perm;	/* structure describing operation permission */
+  struct msg *__msg_first;		/* pointer to first message on queue */
+  struct msg *__msg_last;		/* pointer to last message on queue */
+  __time_t msg_stime;			/* time of last msgsnd command */
+  __time_t msg_rtime;			/* time of last msgrcv command */
+  __time_t msg_ctime;			/* time of last change */
+  struct wait_queue *__wwait;		/* ??? */
+  struct wait_queue *__rwait;		/* ??? */
+  unsigned short int __msg_cbytes;	/* current number of bytes on queue */
+  unsigned short int msg_qnum;		/* number of messages currently on queue */
+  unsigned short int msg_qbytes;	/* max number of bytes allowed on queue */
+  __ipc_pid_t msg_lspid;		/* pid of last msgsnd() */
+  __ipc_pid_t msg_lrpid;		/* pid of last msgrcv() */
+};
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __USE_MISC
+
+# define msg_cbytes	__msg_cbytes
+
+/* ipcs ctl commands */
+# define MSG_STAT 11
+# define MSG_INFO 12
+
+/* buffer for msgctl calls IPC_INFO, MSG_INFO */
+struct msginfo
+  {
+    int msgpool;
+    int msgmap;
+    int msgmax;
+    int msgmnb;
+    int msgmni;
+    int msgssz;
+    int msgtql;
+    unsigned short int msgseg;
+  };
+
+#endif /* __USE_MISC */