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9 <refentry id="sd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec"
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13 <title>sd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec</title>
14 <productname>elogind</productname>
18 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
19 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
20 <surname>Poettering</surname>
21 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
27 <refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec</refentrytitle>
28 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
32 <refname>sd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec</refname>
33 <refname>sd_bus_message_get_realtime_usec</refname>
34 <refname>sd_bus_message_get_seqnum</refname>
35 <refpurpose>Retrieve the sender timestamps and sequence number of a message</refpurpose>
40 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <elogind/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
43 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec</function></funcdef>
44 <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>message</parameter></paramdef>
45 <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>usec</parameter></paramdef>
49 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_message_get_realtime_usec</function></funcdef>
50 <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>message</parameter></paramdef>
51 <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>usec</parameter></paramdef>
55 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_message_get_seqnum</function></funcdef>
56 <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>message</parameter></paramdef>
57 <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>seqnum</parameter></paramdef>
63 <title>Description</title>
65 <para><function>sd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec()</function>
66 returns the monotonic timestamp of the time the message was sent.
67 This value is in microseconds since the
68 <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant> epoch, see
69 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
73 <function>sd_bus_message_get_realtime_usec()</function> returns
74 the realtime (wallclock) timestamp of the time the message was
75 sent. This value is in microseconds since Jan 1st, 1970, i.e. in
76 the <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant> clock.</para>
78 <para><function>sd_bus_message_get_seqnum()</function> returns the
79 kernel-assigned sequence number of the message. The kernel assigns
80 a global, monotonically increasing sequence number to all messages
81 transmitted on the local system, at the time the message was sent.
82 This sequence number is useful for determining message send order,
83 even across different buses of the local system. The sequence
84 number combined with the boot ID of the system (as returned by
85 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
86 is a suitable globally unique identifier for bus messages.</para>
88 <para>Note that the sending order and receiving order of messages
89 might differ, in particular for broadcast messages. This means
90 that the sequence number and the timestamps of messages a client
91 reads are not necessarily monotonically increasing.</para>
93 <para>These timestamps and the sequence number are attached to
94 each message by the kernel and cannot be manipulated by the
97 <para>Note that these timestamps are only available on some bus
98 transports, and only after support for them has been negotiated
100 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_negotiate_timestamp</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
105 <title>Return Value</title>
107 <para>On success, these calls return 0 or a positive integer. On
108 failure, these calls return a negative errno-style error
111 <para>On success, the timestamp or sequence number is returned in
112 the specified 64-bit unsigned integer variable.</para>
116 <title>Errors</title>
118 <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
122 <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
124 <listitem><para>A specified parameter is
125 invalid.</para></listitem>
129 <term><constant>-ENODATA</constant></term>
131 <listitem><para>No timestamp or sequence number information is
132 attached to the passed message. This error is returned if the
133 underlying transport does not support timestamping or
134 assigning of sequence numbers, or if this feature has not been
136 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_negotiate_timestamp</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
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144 <title>See Also</title>
147 <!-- 0 /// elogind is in section 8
148 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
150 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
152 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
153 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
154 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_negotiate_timestamp</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
155 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
156 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>