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diff --git a/man/sd_login_monitor_new.xml b/man/sd_login_monitor_new.xml
index 94428771a8..b187ad0dbe 100644
--- a/man/sd_login_monitor_new.xml
+++ b/man/sd_login_monitor_new.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
<refname>sd_login_monitor_flush</refname>
<refname>sd_login_monitor_get_fd</refname>
<refname>sd_login_monitor_get_events</refname>
+ <refname>sd_login_monitor_get_timeout</refname>
<refname>sd_login_monitor</refname>
<refpurpose>Monitor login sessions, seats and users</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
@@ -82,6 +83,12 @@
<paramdef>sd_login_monitor* <parameter>m</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_login_monitor_get_timeout</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_login_monitor* <parameter>m</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uint64_t* <parameter>timeout_usec</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -130,7 +137,9 @@
or a similar interface. The application should include
the returned file descriptor as wake-up source for the
events mask returned by
- <function>sd_login_monitor_get_events()</function>. Whenever
+ <function>sd_login_monitor_get_events()</function>. It
+ should pass a timeout value as returned by
+ <function>sd_login_monitor_get_timeout()</function>. Whenever
a wake-up is triggered the file descriptor needs to be
reset via
<function>sd_login_monitor_flush()</function>. An
@@ -146,15 +155,51 @@
and similar to fill into the
<literal>.events</literal> field of <literal>struct
pollfd</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_login_monitor_get_timeout()</function>
+ will return a timeout value for usage in
+ <function>poll()</function>. This returns a value in
+ microseconds since the epoch of CLOCK_MONOTONIC for
+ timing out <function>poll()</function> in
+ <literal>timeout_usec</literal>. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details about
+ <literal>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</literal>. If there's no
+ timeout to wait for this will fill in
+ <literal>(uint64_t) -1</literal> instead. Note that
+ <function>poll()</function> takes a relative timeout
+ in milliseconds rather than an absolute timeout in
+ microseconds. To convert the absolute 'us' timeout into
+ relative 'ms', use code like the following:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>uint64_t t;
+int msec;
+sd_login_monitor_get_timeout(m, &amp;t);
+if (t == (uint64_t) -1)
+ msec = -1;
+else {
+ struct timespec ts;
+ uint64_t n;
+ clock_getttime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &amp;ts);
+ n = (uint64_t) ts.tv_sec * 1000000 + ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
+ msec = t > n ? (int) ((t - n + 999) / 1000) : 0;
+}</programlisting>
+
+ <para>The code above does not do any error checking
+ for brevity's sake. The calculated <literal>msec</literal>
+ integer can be passed directly as
+ <function>poll()</function>'s timeout
+ parameter.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para>On success
- <function>sd_login_monitor_new()</function> and
- <function>sd_login_monitor_flush()</function> return 0
- or a positive integer. On success
+ <function>sd_login_monitor_new()</function>,
+ <function>sd_login_monitor_flush()</function> and
+ <function>sd_login_monitor_get_timeout()</function>
+ return 0 or a positive integer. On success
<function>sd_login_monitor_get_fd()</function> returns
a Unix file descriptor. On success
<function>sd_login_monitor_get_events()</function>
@@ -173,8 +218,9 @@
<para>The <function>sd_login_monitor_new()</function>,
<function>sd_login_monitor_unref()</function>,
<function>sd_login_monitor_flush()</function>,
- <function>sd_login_monitor_get_fd()</function> and
- <function>sd_login_monitor_get_events()</function>
+ <function>sd_login_monitor_get_fd()</function>,
+ <function>sd_login_monitor_get_events()</function> and
+ <function>sd_login_monitor_get_timeout()</function>
interfaces are available as shared library, which can
be compiled and linked to with the
<literal>libsystemd-login</literal>
@@ -189,7 +235,8 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_get_seats</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>poll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>poll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>