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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2015-04-29 21:45:45 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2015-04-29 21:45:58 +0200
commit882f407f3133f3603b69be162940002a9a37ba48 (patch)
treed56290f3a2b98d26d45d7798236ce16d32c19afd /man/sd_pid_get_session.xml
parent52d7c4dcf157745767931d49c9fa9c73448f746a (diff)
man: document when the various sd-login.h calls return ENXIO
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diff --git a/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml b/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml
index f708d0d5e1..b46d47101b 100644
--- a/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml
+++ b/man/sd_pid_get_session.xml
@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@
not all processes are part of a login session (e.g. system service
processes, user processes that are shared between multiple
sessions of the same user, or kernel threads). For processes not
- being part of a login session this function will fail. The
- returned string needs to be freed with the libc
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ being part of a login session this function will fail with
+ -ENXIO. The returned string needs to be freed with the libc
+ <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
call after use.</para>
<para><function>sd_pid_get_unit()</function> may be used to
@@ -159,11 +160,12 @@
short string, suitable for usage in file system paths. Note that
not all processes are part of a system unit/service (e.g. user
processes, or kernel threads). For processes not being part of a
- systemd system unit this function will fail. (More specifically:
- this call will not work for processes that are part of user units,
- use <function>sd_pid_get_user_unit()</function> for that.) The
- returned string needs to be freed with the libc
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ systemd system unit this function will fail with -ENXIO (More
+ specifically: this call will not work for processes that are part
+ of user units, use <function>sd_pid_get_user_unit()</function> for
+ that.) The returned string needs to be freed with the libc
+ <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
call after use.</para>
<para><function>sd_pid_get_user_unit()</function> may be used to
@@ -179,14 +181,16 @@
login sessions of the same user, where
<function>sd_pid_get_session()</function> will fail. For processes
not being part of a login session and not being a shared process
- of a user this function will fail.</para>
+ of a user this function will fail with -ENXIO.</para>
<para><function>sd_pid_get_machine_name()</function> may be used
to determine the name of the VM or container is a member of. The
machine name is a short string, suitable for usage in file system
paths. The returned string needs to be freed with the libc
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- call after use.</para>
+ <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ call after use. For processes not part of a VM or containers this
+ function fails with -ENXIO.</para>
<para><function>sd_pid_get_slice()</function> may be used to
determine the slice unit the process is a member of. See
@@ -219,6 +223,37 @@
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <title>Errors</title>
+
+ <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-ENXIO</constant></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Given field is not specified for the described
+ process or peer.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-ESRCH</constant></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The specified PID does not refer to a running
+ process.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <function>sd_pid_get_session()</function>,