+/**
+ * io_flush_sync - (synchronously) complete any outstanding output.
+ * @conn: the connection.
+ *
+ * This is generally used as an emergency escape, for example when we
+ * want to write an error message on a socket before terminating, but it may
+ * be in the middle of existing I/O. We don't want to service any other
+ * IO, either.
+ *
+ * This returns true if all pending output is complete, false on error.
+ * The next callback is not called on the conn, but will be as soon as
+ * io_loop() is called.
+ *
+ * See Also:
+ * io_close_taken_fd
+ */
+bool io_flush_sync(struct io_conn *conn);
+
+/**
+ * io_fd_block - helper to set an fd blocking/nonblocking.
+ * @fd: the file descriptor
+ * @block: true to set blocking, false to set non-blocking.
+ *
+ * Generally only fails is @fd isn't a valid file descriptor, otherwise
+ * returns true.
+ */
+bool io_fd_block(int fd, bool block);
+