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diff --git a/man/sd_journal_get_data.xml b/man/sd_journal_get_data.xml index 6470f19cc6..1259b0cdbe 100644 --- a/man/sd_journal_get_data.xml +++ b/man/sd_journal_get_data.xml @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ <refname>sd_journal_enumerate_data</refname> <refname>sd_journal_restart_data</refname> <refname>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_DATA</refname> + <refname>sd_journal_set_data_threshold</refname> + <refname>sd_journal_get_data_threshold</refname> <refpurpose>Read data fields from the current journal entry</refpurpose> </refnamediv> @@ -81,6 +83,17 @@ <paramdef>size_t <parameter>length</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>size_t <parameter>sz</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_data_threshold</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>size_t* <parameter>sz</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> @@ -102,7 +115,11 @@ <function>sd_journal_enumerate_data()</function>, or the read pointer is altered. Note that the data returned will be prefixed with the field name and - '='.</para> + '='. Also note that by default data fields larger than + 64K might get truncated to 64K. This threshold may be + changed and turned off with + <function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold()</function> (see + below).</para> <para><function>sd_journal_enumerate_data()</function> may be used to iterate through all fields of the @@ -128,6 +145,32 @@ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> (or related call) has been called at least once, in order to position the read pointer at a valid entry.</para> + + <para><function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold()</function> + may be used to change the data field size threshold + for data returned by + <function>sd_journal_get_data()</function>, + <function>sd_journal_enumerate_data()</function> and + <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>. This + threshold is a hint only: it indicates that the client + program is interested only in the initial parts of the + data fields, up to the threshold in size -- but the + library might still return larger data objects. That + means applications should not rely exclusively on this + setting to limit the size of the data fields returned, + but need to apply a explicit size limit on the + returned data as well. This threshold defaults to 64K + by default. To retrieve the complete data fields this + threshold should be turned off by setting it to 0, so + that the library always returns the complete data + objects. It is recommended to set this threshold as + low as possible since this relieves the library from + having to decompress large compressed data objects in + full.</para> + + <para><function>sd_journal_get_data_threshold()</function> + returns the currently configured data field size + threshold.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -144,15 +187,22 @@ read, 0 when no more fields are known, or a negative errno-style error code. <function>sd_journal_restart_data()</function> - returns nothing.</para> + returns + nothing. <function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold()</function> + and <function>sd_journal_get_threshold()</function> + return 0 on success or a negative errno-style error + code.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Notes</title> <para>The <function>sd_journal_get_data()</function>, - <function>sd_journal_enumerate_data()</function> and - <function>sd_journal_restart_data()</function> + <function>sd_journal_enumerate_data()</function>, + <function>sd_journal_restart_data()</function>, + <function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold()</function> + and + <function>sd_journal_get_data_threshold()</function> interfaces are available as shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the <literal>libsystemd-journal</literal> |