<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2014 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="sd_event_new" conditional="ENABLE_KDBUS"> <refentryinfo> <title>sd_event_new</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> <author> <contrib>Developer</contrib> <firstname>Lennart</firstname> <surname>Poettering</surname> <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> </author> </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>sd_event_new</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>sd_event_new</refname> <refname>sd_event_default</refname> <refname>sd_event_ref</refname> <refname>sd_event_unref</refname> <refpurpose>Acquire and release an event loop object</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <funcsynopsis> <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_new</function></funcdef> <paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_default</function></funcdef> <paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_event_ref</function></funcdef> <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_event_unref</function></funcdef> <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><function>sd_event_new()</function> allocates a new event loop object. The event loop object is returned in the <parameter>event</parameter> parameter. After use drop the returned reference with <function>sd_event_unref()</function>. When the last reference is dropped the event loop is freed.</para> <para><function>sd_event_default()</function> acquires a reference to the default event loop object of the calling thread, possibly allocating a new object if no default event loop object has been allocated yet for the thread. After use drop the returned reference with <function>sd_event_unref()</function>. When the last reference is dropped the event loop is freed. If this function is called while the object returned from a previous call from the same thread is still referenced, the same object is returned again, but the reference is increased by one. It is recommended to use this call instead of <function>sd_event_new()</function> in order to share event loop objects between various components that are dispatched in the same thread. All threads either have no or one default event loops associated, but never more.</para> <para><function>sd_event_ref()</function> increases the reference counter of the specified event loop object by one.</para> <para><function>sd_event_unref()</function> decreases the reference counter of the specified event loop object by one. If the counter hits zero the event loop object is freed. Note that it is freed regardless if it is the default event loop object of a thread or not. This means that allocating an event loop with <function>sd_event_default()</function>, then releasing it and then acquiring a new one with <function>sd_event_default()</function> will result in two distinct objects. Note that in order to free an event loop object all remaining event sources of the event loop also need to be freed as they each keep a reference to it.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Return Value</title> <para>On success, <function>sd_event_new()</function> and <function>sd_event_default()</function> return 0 or a positive integer. On failure, they return a negative errno-style error code. <function>sd_event_ref()</function> always returns a pointer to the event loop object passed in. <function>sd_event_unref()</function> always returns NULL.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Errors</title> <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><varname>-ENOMEM</varname></term> <listitem><para>Not enough memory to allocate object</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>-EMFILE</varname></term> <listitem><para>The maximum number of event loops has been allocated.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Notes</title> <para><function>sd_event_new()</function> and the other functions described here are available as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the <constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> file.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_post</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>