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9 <refentry id="sd_bus_new" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
12 <title>sd_bus_new</title>
13 <productname>systemd</productname>
17 <contrib>A monkey with a typewriter</contrib>
18 <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname>
19 <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname>
20 <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email>
26 <refentrytitle>sd_bus_new</refentrytitle>
27 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
31 <refname>sd_bus_new</refname>
32 <refname>sd_bus_ref</refname>
33 <refname>sd_bus_unref</refname>
34 <refname>sd_bus_unrefp</refname>
36 <refpurpose>Create a new bus object and create or destroy references to it</refpurpose>
41 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
44 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_new</function></funcdef>
45 <paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
49 <funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_ref</function></funcdef>
50 <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
54 <funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_unref</function></funcdef>
55 <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
59 <funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_unrefp</function></funcdef>
60 <paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
66 <title>Description</title>
68 <para><function>sd_bus_new()</function> creates a new bus
69 object. This object is reference-counted, and will be destroyed
70 when all references are gone. Initially, the caller of this
71 function owns the sole reference and the bus object will not be
72 connected to any bus. To connect it to a bus, make sure
73 to set an address with
74 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_address</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
75 or a related call, and then start the connection with
76 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_start</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
78 <para>In most cases, it is a better idea to invoke
79 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
80 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
81 or related calls instead of the more low-level
82 <function>sd_bus_new()</function> and
83 <function>sd_bus_start()</function>. The higher-level calls not
84 only allocate a bus object but also start the connection to a
85 well-known bus in a single function invocation.</para>
87 <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> increases the reference
88 counter of <parameter>bus</parameter> by one.</para>
90 <para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> decreases the reference
91 counter of <parameter>bus</parameter> by one. Once the reference
92 count has dropped to zero, <parameter>bus</parameter> is destroyed
93 and cannot be used anymore, so further calls to
94 <function>sd_bus_ref()</function> or
95 <function>sd_bus_unref()</function> are illegal.</para>
97 <para><function>sd_bus_unrefp()</function> is similar to
98 <function>sd_bus_unref()</function> but takes a pointer to a
99 pointer to an <type>sd_bus</type> object. This call is useful in
100 conjunction with GCC's and LLVM's <ulink
101 url="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html">Clean-up
102 Variable Attribute</ulink>. Note that this function is defined as
103 inline function. Use a declaration like the following, in order to
104 allocate a bus object that is freed automatically as the code
105 block is left:</para>
108 __attribute__((cleanup(sd_bus_unrefp)) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
111 r = sd_bus_default(&bus);
113 fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate bus: %s\n", strerror(-r));
117 <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function>,
118 <function>sd_bus_unref()</function> and
119 <function>sd_bus_unrefp()</function> execute no operation if the
120 passed in bus object is <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
124 <title>Return Value</title>
126 <para>On success, <function>sd_bus_new()</function> returns 0 or a
127 positive integer. On failure, it returns a negative errno-style
130 <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> always returns the argument.
133 <para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> always returns
134 <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
138 <title>Errors</title>
140 <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
144 <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
146 <listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
151 <xi:include href="libelogind-pkgconfig.xml" />
154 <title>See Also</title>
157 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
158 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
159 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
160 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
161 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
162 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>