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<?xml version='1.0'?>
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<!--
SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
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<refentry id="sd_bus_get_fd" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_bus_get_fd</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_fd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_bus_get_fd</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_set_fd</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_get_events</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_get_timeout</refname>
<refpurpose>Get the file descriptor, I/O events and timeout to wait for from a message bus
object</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_fd</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_set_fd</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>input_fd</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>output_fd</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_events</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_timeout</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>timeout_usec</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_bus_get_fd()</function> returns the file descriptor used to communicate from
a message bus object. This descriptor can be used with
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>poll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or a similar function to wait for I/O events on the specified bus connection object. If the bus
object was configured with the <function>sd_bus_set_fd()</function> function, then the
<parameter>input_fd</parameter> file descriptor used in that call is returned.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_set_fd()</function> sets the file descriptors used to communicate from a
message bus object. Both <parameter>input_fd</parameter> and <parameter>output_fd</parameter>
must be valid file descriptors. The same file descriptor may be used as both the input and the
output file descriptor. This function must be called before the bus is started.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_get_events()</function> returns the I/O events to wait for, suitable for
passing to <function>poll()</function> or a similar call. Returns a combination of
<constant>POLLIN</constant>, <constant>POLLOUT</constant>, … events, or negative on error.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_get_timeout()</function> returns the timeout in µs to pass to to
<function>poll()</function> or a similar call when waiting for events on the specified bus
connection. The returned timeout may be zero, in which case a subsequent I/O polling call
should be invoked in non-blocking mode. The returned timeout may be
<constant>UINT64_MAX</constant> in which case the I/O polling call may block indefinitely,
without any applied timeout. Note that the returned timeout should be considered only a
maximum sleeping time. It is permissible (and even expected) that shorter timeouts are used by
the calling program, in case other event sources are polled in the same event loop. Note that
the returned time-value is relative and specified in microseconds. When converting this value in
order to pass it as third argument to <function>poll()</function> (which expects milliseconds),
care should be taken to use a division that rounds up to ensure the I/O polling operation
doesn't sleep for shorter than necessary, which might result in unintended busy looping
(alternatively, use
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>ppoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
instead of plain <function>poll()</function>, which understands timeouts with nano-second
granularity).</para>
<para>These three functions are useful to hook up a bus connection object with an external or
manual event loop involving <function>poll()</function> or a similar I/O polling call. Before
each invocation of the I/O polling call, all three functions should be invoked: the file
descriptor returned by <function>sd_bus_get_fd()</function> should be polled for the events
indicated by <function>sd_bus_get_events()</function>, and the I/O call should block for that up
to the timeout returned by <function>sd_bus_get_timeout()</function>. After each I/O polling
call the bus connection needs to process incoming or outgoing data, by invoking
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_process</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
<para>Note that these functions are only one of three supported ways to implement I/O event
handling for bus connections. Alternatively use
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_attach_event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
to attach a bus connection to an
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
event loop. Or use
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_wait</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
as a simple synchronous, blocking I/O waiting call.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para>On success, <function>sd_bus_get_fd()</function> returns the file descriptor used for
communication. On failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.</para>
<para>On success, <function>sd_bus_set_fd()</function> returns a non-negative integer. On
failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.</para>
<para>On success, <function>sd_bus_get_events()</function> returns the I/O event mask to use for
I/O event watching. On failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.</para>
<para>On success, <function>sd_bus_get_timeout()</function> returns a non-negative integer. On
failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.</para>
<refsect2>
<title>Errors</title>
<para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An invalid bus object was passed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The bus connection was allocated in a parent process and is being reused
in a child process after <function>fork()</function>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENOTCONN</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The bus connection has been terminated.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EPERM</constant></term>
<listitem><para>Two distinct file descriptors were passed for input and output using
<function>sd_bus_set_fd()</function>, which <function>sd_bus_get_fd()</function> cannot
return.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EBADF</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An invalid file descriptor was passed to
<function>sd_bus_set_fd()</function>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENOPKG</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The bus cannot be resolved.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_process</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_attach_event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_wait</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>poll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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