man/sd_bus_wait.xml

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  <refentryinfo>
    <title>sd_bus_wait</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>sd_bus_wait</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>sd_bus_wait</refname>

    <refpurpose>Wait for I/O on a bus connection</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

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

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_wait</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>timeout_usec</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
    </funcsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para><function>sd_bus_wait()</function> synchronously waits for I/O on the specified bus connection object. This
    function is supposed to be called whenever
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_process</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> returns zero,
    indicating that no work is pending on the connection. Internally, this call invokes <citerefentry
    project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>ppoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, to wait for I/O on
    the bus connection. If the <parameter>timeout_sec</parameter> parameter is specified, the call will block at most
    for the specified amount of time in µs. Pass <constant>UINT64_MAX</constant> to permit it to sleep
    indefinitely.</para>

    <para>After each invocation of <function>sd_bus_wait()</function> the <function>sd_bus_process()</function> call
    should be invoked in order to process any now pending I/O work.</para>

    <para>Note that <function>sd_bus_wait()</function> is suitable only for simple programs as it does not permit
    waiting for other I/O events. For more complex programs either connect the bus connection object to an external
    event loop using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    or to an <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> event loop
    using
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_attach_event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  </refsect1>

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

    <para>If any I/O was seen, a positive value is returned, zero otherwise. If an error occurs, a negative
    <varname>errno</varname>-style error code is returned.</para>

    <refsect2>
      <title>Errors</title>

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

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

          <listitem><para>An invalid bus object was passed.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>

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

          <listitem><para>The bus connection was allocated in a parent process and is being reused in a child
          process after <function>fork()</function>.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>-ENOTCONN</constant></term>

          <listitem><para>The bus connection has been terminated already.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </refsect2>
  </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>sd_bus_process</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_attach_event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>