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9 <refentry id="sd_bus_track_add_name" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
12 <title>sd_bus_track_add_name</title>
13 <productname>systemd</productname>
17 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
18 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
19 <surname>Poettering</surname>
20 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
26 <refentrytitle>sd_bus_track_add_name</refentrytitle>
27 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
31 <refname>sd_bus_track_add_name</refname>
32 <refname>sd_bus_track_add_sender</refname>
33 <refname>sd_bus_track_remove_name</refname>
34 <refname>sd_bus_track_remove_sender</refname>
35 <refname>sd_bus_track_count</refname>
36 <refname>sd_bus_track_count_sender</refname>
37 <refname>sd_bus_track_count_name</refname>
38 <refname>sd_bus_track_contains</refname>
39 <refname>sd_bus_track_first</refname>
40 <refname>sd_bus_track_next</refname>
42 <refpurpose>Add, remove and retrieve bus peers tracked in a bus peer tracking object</refpurpose>
47 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
50 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_track_add_name</function></funcdef>
51 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
52 <paramdef>const char* <parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
56 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_track_add_sender</function></funcdef>
57 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
58 <paramdef>sd_bus_message* <parameter>message</parameter></paramdef>
62 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_track_remove_name</function></funcdef>
63 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
64 <paramdef>const char* <parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
68 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_track_remove_sender</function></funcdef>
69 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
70 <paramdef>sd_bus_message* <parameter>message</parameter></paramdef>
74 <funcdef>unsigned <function>sd_bus_track_count</function></funcdef>
75 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
79 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_track_count_name</function></funcdef>
80 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
81 <paramdef>const char* <parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
85 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_track_count_sender</function></funcdef>
86 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
87 <paramdef>sd_bus_message* <parameter>message</parameter></paramdef>
91 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_track_contains</function></funcdef>
92 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
93 <paramdef>const char* <parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
97 <funcdef>const char* <function>sd_bus_track_first</function></funcdef>
98 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
102 <funcdef>const char* <function>sd_bus_track_next</function></funcdef>
103 <paramdef>sd_bus_track* <parameter>t</parameter></paramdef>
110 <title>Description</title>
112 <para><function>sd_bus_track_add_name()</function> adds a peer to track to a bus peer tracking object. The first
113 argument should refer to a bus peer tracking object created with
114 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_track_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, the second
115 name should refer to a D-Bus peer name to track, either in unique or well-known service format. If the name is not
116 tracked yet it will be added to the list of names to track. If it already is being tracked and non-recursive mode
117 is enabled, no operation is executed by this call. If recursive mode is enabled a per-name counter is increased by
118 one each time this call is invoked, and <function>sd_bus_track_remove_name()</function> has to be called as many
119 times as <function>sd_bus_track_add_name()</function> was invoked before in order to stop tracking of the name. Use
120 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_track_set_recursive</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> to
121 switch from the default non-recursive mode to recursive mode, or back. Note that the specified name is tracked as
122 it is, well-known names are not resolved to unique names by this call. Note that multiple bus peer tracking objects
123 may track the same name.</para>
125 <para><function>sd_bus_track_remove_name()</function> undoes the effect of
126 <function>sd_bus_track_add_name()</function> and removes a bus peer name from the list of peers to watch. Depending
127 on whether non-recursive or recursive mode is enabled for the bus peer tracking object this call will either remove
128 the name fully from the tracking object, or will simply decrement the per-name counter by one, removing the name
129 only when the counter reaches zero (see above). Note that a bus peer disconnecting from the bus will implicitly
130 remove its names fully from the bus peer tracking object, regardless of the current per-name counter.</para>
132 <para><function>sd_bus_track_add_sender()</function> and <function>sd_bus_track_remove_sender()</function> are
133 similar to <function>sd_bus_track_add_name()</function> and <function>sd_bus_track_remove_name()</function> but
134 take a bus message as argument. The sender of this bus message is determined and added to/removed from the bus peer
135 tracking object. As messages always originate from unique names, and never from well-known names this means that
136 this call will effectively only add unique names to the bus peer tracking object.</para>
138 <para><function>sd_bus_track_count()</function> returns the number of names currently being tracked by the
139 specified bus peer tracking object. Note that this function always returns the actual number of names tracked, and
140 hence if <function>sd_bus_track_add_name()</function> has been invoked multiple times for the same name it is only
141 counted as one, regardless if recursive mode is used or not.</para>
143 <para><function>sd_bus_track_count_name()</function> returns the current per-name counter for the specified
144 name. If non-recursive mode is used this returns either 1 or 0, depending on whether the specified name has been
145 added to the tracking object before, or not. If recursive mode has been enabled, values larger than 1 may be
146 returned too, in case <function>sd_bus_track_add_name()</function> has been called multiple times for the same
149 <para><function>sd_bus_track_count_sender()</function> is similar to
150 <function>sd_bus_track_count_name()</function>, but takes a bus message object and returns the per-name counter
151 matching the sender of the message.</para>
153 <para><function>sd_bus_track_contains()</function> may be used to determine whether the specified name has been
154 added at least once to the specified bus peer tracking object.</para>
156 <para><function>sd_bus_track_first()</function> and <function>sd_bus_track_next()</function> may be used to
157 enumerate all names currently being tracked by the passed bus peer tracking
158 object. <function>sd_bus_track_first()</function> returns the first entry in the object, and resets an internally
159 maintained read index. Each subsequent invocation of <function>sd_bus_track_next()</function> returns the next name
160 contained in the bus object. If the end is reached <constant>NULL</constant> is returned. If no names have been
161 added to the object yet <function>sd_bus_track_first()</function> will return <constant>NULL</constant>
162 immediately. The order in which names are returned is undefined; in particular which name is considered the first
163 returned is not defined. If recursive mode is enabled and the same name has been added multiple times to the bus
164 peer tracking object it is only returned once by this enumeration. If new names are added to or existing names
165 removed from the bus peer tracking object while it is being enumerated the enumeration ends on the next invocation
166 of <function>sd_bus_track_next()</function> as <constant>NULL</constant> is returned.</para>
170 <title>Return Value</title>
172 <para>On success, <function>sd_bus_track_add_name()</function> and <function>sd_bus_track_add_sender()</function>
173 return 0 if the specified name has already been added to the bus peer tracking object before and positive if it
174 hasn't. On failure, they return a negative errno-style error code.</para>
176 <para><function>sd_bus_track_remove_name()</function> and <function>sd_bus_track_remove_sender()</function> return
177 positive if the specified name was previously tracked by the bus peer tracking object and has now been removed. In
178 non-recursive mode, 0 is returned if the specified name was not being tracked yet. In recursive mode
179 <constant>-EUNATCH</constant> is returned in this case. On failure, they return a negative errno-style error
182 <para><function>sd_bus_track_count()</function> returns the number of names currently being tracked, or 0 on
185 <para><function>sd_bus_track_count_name()</function> and <function>sd_bus_track_count_sender()</function> return
186 the current per-name counter for the specified name or the sender of the specified message. Zero is returned for
187 names that are not being tracked yet, a positive value for names added at least once. Larger values than 1 are only
188 returned in recursive mode. On failure, a negative errno-style error code is returned.</para>
190 <para><function>sd_bus_track_contains()</function> returns the passed name if it exists in the bus peer tracking
191 object. On failure, and if the name has not been added yet <constant>NULL</constant> is returned.</para>
193 <para><function>sd_bus_track_first()</function> and <function>sd_bus_track_next()</function> return the first/next
194 name contained in the bus peer tracking object, and <constant>NULL</constant> if the end of the enumeration is
195 reached and on error.</para>
199 <title>Errors</title>
201 <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
206 <term><constant>-EUNATCH</constant></term>
208 <listitem><para><function>sd_bus_track_remove_name()</function> or
209 <function>sd_bus_track_remove_sender()</function> have been invoked for a name not previously added to the bus
210 peer object.</para></listitem>
214 <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
216 <listitem><para>Specified parameter is invalid.</para></listitem>
220 <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
222 <listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
228 <xi:include href="libelogind-pkgconfig.xml" />
231 <title>See Also</title>
234 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
235 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
236 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_track_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>