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<refentry id="sd_bus_new" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_bus_new</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sd_bus_new</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_bus_new</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_ref</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_unref</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_unrefp</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_close_unref</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_close_unrefp</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_flush_close_unref</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp</refname>
<refpurpose>Create a new bus object and create or destroy references to it</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_new</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_ref</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_unref</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_close_unref</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_flush_close_unref</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_unrefp</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>busp</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_close_unrefp</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>busp</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>busp</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_bus_new()</function> creates a new bus
object. This object is reference-counted, and will be destroyed
when all references are gone. Initially, the caller of this
function owns the sole reference and the bus object will not be
connected to any bus. To connect it to a bus, make sure
to set an address with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_address</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or a related call, and then start the connection with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_start</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>In most cases, it is a better idea to invoke
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or related calls instead of the more low-level
<function>sd_bus_new()</function> and
<function>sd_bus_start()</function>. The higher-level calls not
only allocate a bus object but also start the connection to a
well-known bus in a single function invocation.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> increases the reference
counter of <parameter>bus</parameter> by one.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> decreases the reference
counter of <parameter>bus</parameter> by one. Once the reference
count has dropped to zero, <parameter>bus</parameter> is destroyed
and cannot be used anymore, so further calls to
<function>sd_bus_ref()</function> or
<function>sd_bus_unref()</function> are illegal.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_unrefp()</function> is similar to
<function>sd_bus_unref()</function> but takes a pointer to a
pointer to an <type>sd_bus</type> object. This call is useful in
conjunction with GCC's and LLVM's <ulink
url="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html">Clean-up
Variable Attribute</ulink>. Note that this function is defined as
inline function. Use a declaration like the following, in order to
allocate a bus object that is freed automatically as the code
block is left:</para>
<programlisting>{
__attribute__((cleanup(sd_bus_unrefp))) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
int r;
r = sd_bus_default(&amp;bus);
if (r &lt; 0)
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate bus: %s\n", strerror(-r));
}</programlisting>
<para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> and <function>sd_bus_unref()</function>
execute no operation if the passed in bus object address is
<constant>NULL</constant>. <function>sd_bus_unrefp()</function> will first
dereference its argument, which must not be <constant>NULL</constant>, and will
execute no operation if <emphasis>that</emphasis> is <constant>NULL</constant>.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_close_unref()</function> is similar to <function>sd_bus_unref()</function>, but
first executes
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
ensuring that the connection is terminated before the reference to the connection is dropped and possibly
the object freed.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_flush_close_unref()</function> is similar to <function>sd_bus_unref()</function>,
but first executes
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_flush</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> as well
as <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
ensuring that any pending messages are synchronously flushed out before the reference to the connection
is dropped and possibly the object freed. This call is particularly useful immediately before exiting
from a program as it ensures that any pending outgoing messages are written out, and unprocessed but
queued incoming messages released before the connection is terminated and released.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_close_unrefp()</function> is similar to
<function>sd_bus_close_unref()</function>, but may be used in GCC's and LLVM's Clean-up Variable
Attribute, see above. Similarly, <function>sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp()</function> is similar to
<function>sd_bus_flush_close_unref()</function>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para>On success, <function>sd_bus_new()</function> returns 0 or a
positive integer. On failure, it returns a negative errno-style
error code.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> always returns the argument.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> and <function>sd_bus_flush_close_unref()</function> always return
<constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
<refsect2>
<title>Errors</title>
<para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
<listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
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<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>sd_bus_default_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>