man/sd_bus_set_watch_bind.xml

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">

<!--
  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
-->

<refentry id="sd_bus_set_watch_bind"
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

  <refentryinfo>
    <title>sd_bus_set_watch_bind</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_watch_bind</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>sd_bus_set_watch_bind</refname>
    <refname>sd_bus_get_watch_bind</refname>

    <refpurpose>Control socket binding watching on bus connections</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <funcsynopsis>
      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_set_watch_bind</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>int <parameter>b</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_watch_bind</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

    </funcsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para><function>sd_bus_set_watch_bind()</function> may be used to enable or disable client-side watching of server
    socket binding for a bus connection object. If the <parameter>b</parameter> is true, the feature is enabled,
    otherwise disabled (which is the default). When enabled, and the selected bus address refers to an
    <filename>AF_UNIX</filename> socket in the file system which does not exist while the connection attempt is made an
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> watch is installed on
    it, waiting for the socket to appear. As soon as the socket appears the connection is made. This functionality is
    useful in particular in early-boot programs that need to run before the system bus is available, but want to
    connect to it the instant it may be connected to.</para>

    <para><function>sd_bus_get_watch_bind()</function> may be used to query the current setting of this feature. It
    returns zero when the feature is disabled, and positive if enabled.</para>

    <para>Note that no timeout is applied while it is waited for the socket to appear. This means that any synchronous
    remote operation (such as
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_request_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>), that is
    used on a connection with this feature enabled that is not established yet might block unbounded if the socket is
    never created. However, asynchronous remote operations (such as
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_match_async</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_request_match_async</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>) do
    not block in this case, and safely enqueue the requested operations to be dispatched the instant the connection is
    set up.</para>

    <para>Use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_is_ready</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> to
    determine whether the connection is fully established, i.e. whether the peer socket has been bound, connected to
    and authenticated. Use
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_connected_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> to
    be notified when the connection is fully established.</para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Return Value</title>

    <para>On success, these functions return 0 or a positive integer. On failure, they return a negative errno-style
    error code.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Errors</title>

    <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>

        <listitem><para>The bus connection has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </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>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_request_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_is_ready</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_connected_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>