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9 <refentry id="sd_event_source_unref" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
12 <title>sd_event_source_unref</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_event_source_unref</refentrytitle>
27 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
31 <refname>sd_event_source_unref</refname>
32 <refname>sd_event_source_unrefp</refname>
33 <refname>sd_event_source_ref</refname>
35 <refpurpose>Increase or decrease event source reference counters</refpurpose>
40 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-event.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
43 <funcdef>sd_event_source* <function>sd_event_source_unref</function></funcdef>
44 <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
48 <funcdef>void <function>sd_event_source_unrefp</function></funcdef>
49 <paramdef>sd_event_source **<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
53 <funcdef>sd_event_source* <function>sd_event_source_ref</function></funcdef>
54 <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
61 <title>Description</title>
63 <para><function>sd_event_source_unref()</function> may be used to
64 decrement by one the reference counter of the event source object
65 specified as <parameter>source</parameter>. The reference counter
66 is initially set to one, when the event source is created with calls
68 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
70 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. When
71 the reference counter reaches zero it is removed from its event loop
72 object and destroyed.</para>
74 <para><function>sd_event_source_unrefp()</function> is similar to
75 <function>sd_event_source_unref()</function> but takes a pointer to a
76 pointer to an <type>sd_event_source</type> object. This call is useful in
77 conjunction with GCC's and LLVM's <ulink
78 url="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html">Clean-up
79 Variable Attribute</ulink>. Note that this function is defined as
80 inline function.</para>
82 <para><function>sd_event_source_ref()</function> may be used
83 to increase by one the reference counter of the event source object
84 specified as <parameter>source</parameter>.</para>
86 <para><function>sd_event_source_unref()</function>,
87 <function>sd_bus_creds_unrefp()</function> and
88 <function>sd_bus_creds_ref()</function> execute no operation if
89 the passed event source object is
90 <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
92 <para>Note that event source objects stay alive and may be
93 dispatched as long as they have a reference counter greater than
94 zero. In order to drop a reference of an event source and make
95 sure the associated event source handler function is not called
96 anymore it is recommended to combine a call of
97 <function>sd_event_source_unref()</function> with a prior call to
98 <function>sd_event_source_set_enabled()</function> with
99 <constant>SD_EVENT_OFF</constant>.</para>
103 <title>Return Value</title>
105 <para><function>sd_event_source_unref()</function> always returns
106 <constant>NULL</constant>.
107 <function>sd_event_source_ref()</function> always returns the
108 event source object passed in.</para>
111 <xi:include href="libelogind-pkgconfig.xml" />
114 <title>See Also</title>
117 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
118 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
119 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
120 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
121 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
122 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
123 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>