sd_bus_call
systemd
sd_bus_call
3
sd_bus_call
sd_bus_call_async
Invoke a D-Bus method call
#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
int sd_bus_call
sd_bus *bus
sd_bus_message *m
uint64_t usec
sd_bus_error *ret_error
sd_bus_message **reply
int sd_bus_call_async
sd_bus *bus
sd_bus_slot **slot
sd_bus_message *m
sd_bus_message_handler_t callback
void *userdata
uint64_t usec
Description
sd_bus_call() takes a complete bus message object and calls the
corresponding D-Bus method. On success, the response is stored in reply.
usec indicates the timeout in microseconds. If
ret_error is not NULL and
sd_bus_call() fails (either because of an internal error or because it
received a D-Bus error reply), ret_error is initialized to an instance of
sd_bus_error describing the error.
sd_bus_call_async() is like sd_bus_call() but
works asynchronously. The callback indicates the function to call when
the response arrives. The userdata pointer will be passed to the callback
function, and may be chosen freely by the caller. If slot is not
NULL and sd_bus_call_async() succeeds,
slot is set to a slot object which can be used to cancel the method call
at a later time using
sd_bus_slot_unref3.
If slot is NULL, the lifetime of the method call is
bound to the lifetime of the bus object itself, and it cannot be cancelled independently. See
sd_bus_slot_set_floating3
for details. callback is called when a reply arrives with the reply,
userdata and an sd_bus_error output
parameter as its arguments. Unlike sd_bus_call(), the
sd_bus_error output parameter passed to the callback will be empty. To
determine whether the method call succeeded, use
sd_bus_message_is_method_error3
on the reply message passed to the callback instead. If the callback returns zero and the
sd_bus_error output parameter is still empty when the callback
inishes, other handlers registered with functions such as
sd_bus_add_filter3 or
sd_bus_add_match3
are given a chance to process the message. If the callback returns a non-zero value or the
sd_bus_error output parameter is not empty when the callback finishes,
no further processing of the message is done. Generally, you want to return zero from the
callback to give other registered handlers a chance to process the reply as well.
If usec is zero, the default D-Bus method call timeout is used. See
sd_bus_get_method_call_timeout3.
Return Value
On success, these functions return a non-negative integer. On failure, they return a
negative errno-style error code.
Errors
Returned errors may indicate the following problems:
-EINVAL
The input parameter m is NULL.
The input parameter m is not a D-Bus method call.
To create a new D-Bus method call, use
sd_bus_message_new_method_call3.
The input parameter m has the
BUS_MESSAGE_NO_REPLY_EXPECTED flag set.
The input parameter error is
non-NULL but was not set to SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL.
-ECHILD
The bus connection was allocated in a parent process and is being reused
in a child process after fork().
-ENOTCONN
The input parameter bus is
NULL or the bus is not connected.
-ECONNRESET
The bus connection was closed while waiting for the response.
-ETIMEDOUT
A response was not received within the given timeout.
-ELOOP
The message m is addressed to its own client.
-ENOMEM
Memory allocation failed.
See Also
systemd1,
sd-bus3,
sd_bus_call_method3,
sd_bus_call_method_async3,
sd_bus_message_new_method_call3,
sd_bus_message_append3