void setup_io( ... )
{
  int fd;
  struct aiocb my_aiocb;

  ...

  /* Set up the AIO request */
  bzero( (char *)&my_aiocb, sizeof(struct aiocb) );
  my_aiocb.aio_fildes = fd;
  my_aiocb.aio_buf = malloc(BUF_SIZE+1);
  my_aiocb.aio_nbytes = BUF_SIZE;
  my_aiocb.aio_offset = next_offset;

  /* Link the AIO request with a thread callback */
  my_aiocb.aio_sigevent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_THREAD;
  my_aiocb.aio_sigevent.notify_function = aio_completion_handler;
  my_aiocb.aio_sigevent.notify_attributes = NULL;
  my_aiocb.aio_sigevent.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &my_aiocb;

  ...

  ret = aio_read( &my_aiocb );

}


void aio_completion_handler( sigval_t sigval )
{
  struct aiocb *req;

  req = (struct aiocb *)sigval.sival_ptr;

  /* Did the request complete? */
  if (aio_error( req ) == 0) {

    /* Request completed successfully, get the return status */
    ret = aio_return( req );

  }

  return;
}

void setup_io( ... )
{
  int fd;
  struct sigaction sig_act;
  struct aiocb my_aiocb;

  ...

  /* Set up the signal handler */
  sigemptyset(&sig_act.sa_mask);
  sig_act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
  sig_act.sa_sigaction = aio_completion_handler;


  /* Set up the AIO request */
  bzero( (char *)&my_aiocb, sizeof(struct aiocb) );
  my_aiocb.aio_fildes = fd;
  my_aiocb.aio_buf = malloc(BUF_SIZE+1);
  my_aiocb.aio_nbytes = BUF_SIZE;
  my_aiocb.aio_offset = next_offset;

  /* Link the AIO request with the Signal Handler */
  my_aiocb.aio_sigevent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
  my_aiocb.aio_sigevent.sigev_signo = SIGIO;
  my_aiocb.aio_sigevent.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &my_aiocb;

  /* Map the Signal to the Signal Handler */
  ret = sigaction( SIGIO, &sig_act, NULL );

  ...

  ret = aio_read( &my_aiocb );

}


void aio_completion_handler( int signo, siginfo_t *info, void *context )
{
  struct aiocb *req;


  /* Ensure it's our signal */
  if (info->si_signo == SIGIO) {

    req = (struct aiocb *)info->si_value.sival_ptr;

    /* Did the request complete? */
    if (aio_error( req ) == 0) {

      /* Request completed successfully, get the return status */
      ret = aio_return( req );

    }

  }

  return;
}

struct aiocb aiocb1, aiocb2;
struct aiocb *list[MAX_LIST];

...

/* Prepare the first aiocb */
aiocb1.aio_fildes = fd;
aiocb1.aio_buf = malloc( BUFSIZE+1 );
aiocb1.aio_nbytes = BUFSIZE;
aiocb1.aio_offset = next_offset;
aiocb1.aio_lio_opcode = LIO_READ;

...

bzero( (char *)list, sizeof(list) );
list[0] = &aiocb1;
list[1] = &aiocb2;

ret = lio_listio( LIO_WAIT, list, MAX_LIST, NULL );

struct aiocb *cblist[MAX_LIST]

/* Clear the list. */
bzero( (char *)cblist, sizeof(cblist) );

/* Load one or more references into the list */
cblist[0] = &my_aiocb;

ret = aio_read( &my_aiocb );

ret = aio_suspend( cblist, MAX_LIST, NULL );

#include <aio.h>

...

  int fd, ret;
  struct aiocb my_aiocb;

  fd = open( "file.txt", O_RDONLY );
  if (fd < 0) perror("open");

  /* Zero out the aiocb structure (recommended) */
  bzero( (char *)&my_aiocb, sizeof(struct aiocb) );

  /* Allocate a data buffer for the aiocb request */
  my_aiocb.aio_buf = malloc(BUFSIZE+1);
  if (!my_aiocb.aio_buf) perror("malloc");

  /* Initialize the necessary fields in the aiocb */
  my_aiocb.aio_fildes = fd;
  my_aiocb.aio_nbytes = BUFSIZE;
  my_aiocb.aio_offset = 0;

  ret = aio_read( &my_aiocb );
  if (ret < 0) perror("aio_read");

  while ( aio_error( &my_aiocb ) == EINPROGRESS ) ;

  if ((ret = aio_return( &my_iocb )) > 0) {
    /* got ret bytes on the read */
  } else {
    /* read failed, consult errno */
  }