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6 <refentry id="sd_bus_call"
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10 <title>sd_bus_call</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
15 <refentrytitle>sd_bus_call</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
20 <refname>sd_bus_call</refname>
21 <refname>sd_bus_call_async</refname>
23 <refpurpose>Invoke a D-Bus method call</refpurpose>
28 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
30 <xi:include href="sd_bus_add_match.xml" xpointer="sd_bus_message_handler_t"/>
33 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_call</function></funcdef>
34 <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
35 <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>m</parameter></paramdef>
36 <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>usec</parameter></paramdef>
37 <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
38 <paramdef>sd_bus_message **<parameter>reply</parameter></paramdef>
42 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_call_async</function></funcdef>
43 <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
44 <paramdef>sd_bus_slot **<parameter>slot</parameter></paramdef>
45 <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>m</parameter></paramdef>
46 <paramdef>sd_bus_message_handler_t <parameter>callback</parameter></paramdef>
47 <paramdef>void *<parameter>userdata</parameter></paramdef>
48 <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>usec</parameter></paramdef>
54 <title>Description</title>
56 <para><function>sd_bus_call()</function> takes a complete bus message object and calls the
57 corresponding D-Bus method. On success, the response is stored in <parameter>reply</parameter>.
58 <parameter>usec</parameter> indicates the timeout in microseconds. If
59 <parameter>ret_error</parameter> is not <constant>NULL</constant> and
60 <function>sd_bus_call()</function> fails (either because of an internal error or because it
61 received a D-Bus error reply), <parameter>ret_error</parameter> is initialized to an instance of
62 <structname>sd_bus_error</structname> describing the error.</para>
64 <para><function>sd_bus_call_async()</function> is like <function>sd_bus_call()</function> but works
65 asynchronously. The <parameter>callback</parameter> indicates the function to call when the response
66 arrives. The <parameter>userdata</parameter> pointer will be passed to the callback function, and may be
67 chosen freely by the caller. If <parameter>slot</parameter> is not <constant>NULL</constant> and
68 <function>sd_bus_call_async()</function> succeeds, <parameter>slot</parameter> is set to a slot object
69 which can be used to cancel the method call at a later time using
70 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_slot_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
71 If <parameter>slot</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>, the lifetime of the method call is bound to
72 the lifetime of the bus object itself, and it cannot be cancelled independently. See
73 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_slot_set_floating</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
74 for details. <parameter>callback</parameter> is called when a reply arrives with the reply,
75 <parameter>userdata</parameter> and an <structname>sd_bus_error</structname> output parameter as its
76 arguments. Unlike <function>sd_bus_call()</function>, the <structname>sd_bus_error</structname> output
77 parameter passed to the callback will be empty. To determine whether the method call succeeded, use
78 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_is_method_error</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
79 on the reply message passed to the callback instead. If the callback returns zero and the
80 <structname>sd_bus_error</structname> output parameter is still empty when the callback finishes, other
81 handlers registered with functions such as
82 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_filter</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
83 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> are
84 given a chance to process the message. If the callback returns a non-zero value or the
85 <structname>sd_bus_error</structname> output parameter is not empty when the callback finishes, no
86 further processing of the message is done. Generally, you want to return zero from the callback to give
87 other registered handlers a chance to process the reply as well. (Note that the
88 <structname>sd_bus_error</structname> parameter is an output parameter of the callback function, not an
89 input parameter; it can be used to propagate errors from the callback handler, it will not receive any
90 error that was received as method reply.)</para>
92 <para>The message <parameter>m</parameter> passed to the callback is only borrowed, that is, the callback should
93 not call <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
94 on it. If the callback wants to hold on to the message beyond the lifetime of the callback, it needs to call
95 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_ref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> to create a
98 <para>If <parameter>usec</parameter> is zero, the default D-Bus method call timeout is used. See
99 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_method_call_timeout</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
105 <title>Return Value</title>
107 <para>On success, these functions return a non-negative integer. On failure, they return a
108 negative errno-style error code.</para>
110 <refsect2 id='errors'>
111 <title>Errors</title>
113 <para>When <function>sd_bus_call()</function> internally receives a D-Bus error reply, it will set
114 <parameter>ret_error</parameter> if it is not <constant>NULL</constant>, and will return a negative
115 value mapped from the error reply, see
116 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_error_get_errno</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
119 <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
123 <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
125 <listitem><para>The input parameter <parameter>m</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>.
128 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
130 <listitem><para>The input parameter <parameter>m</parameter> is not a D-Bus method call.
131 To create a new D-Bus method call, use
132 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_new_method_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
135 <listitem><para>The input parameter <parameter>m</parameter> has the
136 <constant>BUS_MESSAGE_NO_REPLY_EXPECTED</constant> flag set.</para></listitem>
138 <listitem><para>The input parameter <parameter>error</parameter> is
139 non-<constant>NULL</constant> but was not set to <constant>SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL</constant>.
144 <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
146 <listitem><para>The bus connection was allocated in a parent process and is being reused
147 in a child process after <function>fork()</function>.</para>
149 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
153 <term><constant>-ENOTCONN</constant></term>
155 <listitem><para>The input parameter <parameter>bus</parameter> is
156 <constant>NULL</constant> or the bus is not connected.</para>
158 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
162 <term><constant>-ECONNRESET</constant></term>
164 <listitem><para>The bus connection was closed while waiting for the response.
167 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
171 <term><constant>-ETIMEDOUT</constant></term>
173 <listitem><para>A response was not received within the given timeout.</para>
175 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
179 <term><constant>-ELOOP</constant></term>
181 <listitem><para>The message <parameter>m</parameter> is addressed to its own client.
184 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
188 <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
190 <listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para>
192 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
198 <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
201 <title>History</title>
202 <para><function>sd_bus_call()</function> and
203 <function>sd_bus_call_async()</function> were added in version 246.</para>
207 <title>See Also</title>
210 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
211 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
212 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_method</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
213 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_method_async</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
214 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_new_method_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
215 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
216 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_error</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>