docs/reference/syscalls/channel_create.md

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# zx_channel_create

## Summary

Create a channel.

## Declaration

```c
#include <zircon/syscalls.h>

zx_status_t zx_channel_create(uint32_t options,
                              zx_handle_t* out0,
                              zx_handle_t* out1);
```

## Description

`zx_channel_create()` creates a channel, a bi-directional
datagram-style message transport capable of sending raw data bytes
as well as handles from one side to the other.

Two handles are returned on success, providing access to both sides
of the channel.  Messages written to one handle may be read from
the opposite.

The handles will have these rights:

 - **ZX_RIGHT_TRANSFER**: allowing them to be sent to another process via
   [`zx_channel_write()`].
 - **ZX_RIGHT_WAIT**: allowing one to wait for its signals.
 - **ZX_RIGHT_INSPECT**
 - **ZX_RIGHT_READ**: allowing messages to be read from them.
 - **ZX_RIGHT_WRITE**: allowing messages to be written to them.
 - **ZX_RIGHT_SIGNAL**
 - **ZX_RIGHT_SIGNAL_PEER**

## Rights

Caller job policy must allow **ZX_POL_NEW_CHANNEL**.

## Return value

`zx_channel_create()` returns **ZX_OK** on success. In the event
of failure, a negative error value is returned.

## Errors

**ZX_ERR_INVALID_ARGS**  *out0* or *out1* is an invalid pointer or NULL or
*options* is any value other than 0.

**ZX_ERR_NO_MEMORY**  Failure due to lack of memory.
There is no good way for userspace to handle this (unlikely) error.
In a future build this error will no longer occur.

## See also

 - [`zx_channel_call()`]
 - [`zx_channel_read()`]
 - [`zx_channel_write()`]
 - [`zx_handle_close()`]
 - [`zx_handle_duplicate()`]
 - [`zx_handle_replace()`]
 - [`zx_object_wait_async()`]
 - [`zx_object_wait_many()`]
 - [`zx_object_wait_one()`]

[`zx_channel_call()`]: channel_call.md
[`zx_channel_read()`]: channel_read.md
[`zx_channel_write()`]: channel_write.md
[`zx_handle_close()`]: handle_close.md
[`zx_handle_duplicate()`]: handle_duplicate.md
[`zx_handle_replace()`]: handle_replace.md
[`zx_object_wait_async()`]: object_wait_async.md
[`zx_object_wait_many()`]: object_wait_many.md
[`zx_object_wait_one()`]: object_wait_one.md