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24 | <refentry id="sd_journal_get_fd"> | |
25 | ||
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26 | <refentryinfo> |
27 | <title>sd_journal_get_fd</title> | |
28 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
29 | ||
30 | <authorgroup> | |
31 | <author> | |
32 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
33 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
34 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
35 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
36 | </author> | |
37 | </authorgroup> | |
38 | </refentryinfo> | |
39 | ||
40 | <refmeta> | |
41 | <refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_fd</refentrytitle> | |
42 | <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> | |
43 | </refmeta> | |
44 | ||
45 | <refnamediv> | |
46 | <refname>sd_journal_get_fd</refname> | |
47 | <refname>sd_journal_get_events</refname> | |
48 | <refname>sd_journal_get_timeout</refname> | |
49 | <refname>sd_journal_process</refname> | |
50 | <refname>sd_journal_wait</refname> | |
51 | <refname>sd_journal_reliable_fd</refname> | |
52 | <refname>SD_JOURNAL_NOP</refname> | |
53 | <refname>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</refname> | |
54 | <refname>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</refname> | |
55 | <refpurpose>Journal change notification | |
56 | interface</refpurpose> | |
57 | </refnamediv> | |
58 | ||
59 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
60 | <funcsynopsis> | |
61 | <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-journal.h></funcsynopsisinfo> | |
62 | ||
63 | <funcprototype> | |
64 | <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_fd</function></funcdef> | |
65 | <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> | |
66 | </funcprototype> | |
67 | ||
68 | <funcprototype> | |
69 | <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_events</function></funcdef> | |
70 | <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> | |
71 | </funcprototype> | |
72 | ||
73 | <funcprototype> | |
74 | <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_timeout</function></funcdef> | |
75 | <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> | |
76 | <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>timeout_usec</parameter></paramdef> | |
77 | </funcprototype> | |
78 | ||
79 | <funcprototype> | |
80 | <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_process</function></funcdef> | |
81 | <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> | |
82 | </funcprototype> | |
83 | ||
84 | <funcprototype> | |
85 | <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_wait</function></funcdef> | |
86 | <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> | |
87 | <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>timeout_usec</parameter></paramdef> | |
88 | </funcprototype> | |
89 | ||
90 | <funcprototype> | |
91 | <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_reliable_fd</function></funcdef> | |
92 | <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef> | |
93 | </funcprototype> | |
94 | ||
95 | </funcsynopsis> | |
96 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
97 | ||
98 | <refsect1> | |
99 | <title>Description</title> | |
100 | ||
101 | <para><function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function> returns a file | |
102 | descriptor that may be asynchronously polled in an external event | |
103 | loop and is signaled as soon as the journal changes, because new | |
104 | entries or files were added, rotation took place, or files have | |
105 | been deleted, and similar. The file descriptor is suitable for | |
106 | usage in | |
107 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>poll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
108 | Use <function>sd_journal_get_events()</function> for an events | |
109 | mask to watch for. The call takes one argument: the journal | |
110 | context object. Note that not all file systems are capable of | |
111 | generating the necessary events for wakeups from this file | |
112 | descriptor for changes to be noticed immediately. In particular | |
113 | network files systems do not generate suitable file change events | |
114 | in all cases. Cases like this can be detected with | |
115 | <function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function>, below. | |
116 | <function>sd_journal_get_timeout()</function> will ensure in these | |
117 | cases that wake-ups happen frequently enough for changes to be | |
118 | noticed, although with a certain latency.</para> | |
119 | ||
120 | <para><function>sd_journal_get_events()</function> will return the | |
121 | <function>poll()</function> mask to wait for. This function will | |
122 | return a combination of <constant>POLLIN</constant> and | |
123 | <constant>POLLOUT</constant> and similar to fill into the | |
124 | <literal>.events</literal> field of <varname>struct | |
125 | pollfd</varname>.</para> | |
126 | ||
127 | <para><function>sd_journal_get_timeout()</function> will return a | |
128 | timeout value for usage in <function>poll()</function>. This | |
129 | returns a value in microseconds since the epoch of | |
130 | <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant> for timing out | |
131 | <function>poll()</function> in <varname>timeout_usec</varname>. | |
132 | See | |
133 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
134 | for details about <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant>. If there | |
135 | is no timeout to wait for, this will fill in <constant>(uint64_t) | |
136 | -1</constant> instead. Note that <function>poll()</function> takes | |
137 | a relative timeout in milliseconds rather than an absolute timeout | |
138 | in microseconds. To convert the absolute 'us' timeout into | |
139 | relative 'ms', use code like the following:</para> | |
140 | ||
141 | <programlisting>uint64_t t; | |
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142 | int msec; |
143 | sd_journal_get_timeout(m, &t); | |
144 | if (t == (uint64_t) -1) | |
798d3a52 | 145 | msec = -1; |
39c155ea | 146 | else { |
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147 | struct timespec ts; |
148 | uint64_t n; | |
149 | clock_getttime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts); | |
150 | n = (uint64_t) ts.tv_sec * 1000000 + ts.tv_nsec / 1000; | |
151 | msec = t > n ? (int) ((t - n + 999) / 1000) : 0; | |
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152 | }</programlisting> |
153 | ||
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154 | <para>The code above does not do any error checking for brevity's |
155 | sake. The calculated <varname>msec</varname> integer can be passed | |
156 | directly as <function>poll()</function>'s timeout | |
157 | parameter.</para> | |
158 | ||
159 | <para>After each <function>poll()</function> wake-up | |
160 | <function>sd_journal_process()</function> needs to be called to | |
161 | process events. This call will also indicate what kind of change | |
162 | has been detected (see below; note that spurious wake-ups are | |
163 | possible).</para> | |
164 | ||
165 | <para>A synchronous alternative for using | |
166 | <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>, | |
167 | <function>sd_journal_get_events()</function>, | |
168 | <function>sd_journal_get_timeout()</function> and | |
169 | <function>sd_journal_process()</function> is | |
170 | <function>sd_journal_wait()</function>. It will synchronously wait | |
171 | until the journal gets changed. The maximum time this call sleeps | |
172 | may be controlled with the <parameter>timeout_usec</parameter> | |
173 | parameter. Pass <constant>(uint64_t) -1</constant> to wait | |
174 | indefinitely. Internally this call simply combines | |
175 | <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>, | |
176 | <function>sd_journal_get_events()</function>, | |
177 | <function>sd_journal_get_timeout()</function>, | |
178 | <function>poll()</function> and | |
179 | <function>sd_journal_process()</function> into one.</para> | |
180 | ||
181 | <para><function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function> may be used to | |
182 | check whether the wakeup events from the file descriptor returned | |
183 | by <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function> are known to be | |
184 | immediately triggered. On certain file systems where file change | |
185 | events from the OS are not available (such as NFS) changes need to | |
186 | be polled for repeatedly, and hence are detected only with a | |
187 | certain latency. This call will return a positive value if the | |
188 | journal changes are detected immediately and zero when they need | |
189 | to be polled for and hence might be noticed only with a certain | |
7ca41557 | 190 | latency. Note that there is usually no need to invoke this function |
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191 | directly as <function>sd_journal_get_timeout()</function> on these |
192 | file systems will ask for timeouts explicitly anyway.</para> | |
193 | </refsect1> | |
194 | ||
195 | <refsect1> | |
196 | <title>Return Value</title> | |
197 | ||
198 | <para><function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function> returns a valid | |
199 | file descriptor on success or a negative errno-style error | |
200 | code.</para> | |
201 | ||
202 | <para><function>sd_journal_get_events()</function> returns a | |
203 | combination of <constant>POLLIN</constant>, | |
204 | <constant>POLLOUT</constant> and suchlike on success or a negative | |
205 | errno-style error code.</para> | |
206 | ||
207 | <para><function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function> returns a | |
208 | positive integer if the file descriptor returned by | |
209 | <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function> will generate wake-ups | |
210 | immediately for all journal changes. Returns 0 if there might be a | |
211 | latency involved.</para> | |
212 | ||
213 | <para><function>sd_journal_process()</function> and | |
214 | <function>sd_journal_wait()</function> return one of | |
215 | <constant>SD_JOURNAL_NOP</constant>, | |
216 | <constant>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</constant> or | |
217 | <constant>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</constant> on success or a | |
218 | negative errno-style error code. If | |
219 | <constant>SD_JOURNAL_NOP</constant> is returned, the journal did | |
220 | not change since the last invocation. If | |
221 | <constant>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</constant> is returned, new entries | |
222 | have been appended to the end of the journal. If | |
223 | <constant>SD_JOURNAL_INVALIDATE</constant>, journal files were | |
224 | added or removed (possibly due to rotation). In the latter event, | |
225 | live-view UIs should probably refresh their entire display, while | |
226 | in the case of <constant>SD_JOURNAL_APPEND</constant>, it is | |
227 | sufficient to simply continue reading at the previous end of the | |
228 | journal.</para> | |
229 | </refsect1> | |
230 | ||
231 | <refsect1> | |
232 | <title>Notes</title> | |
233 | ||
234 | <para>The <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>, | |
235 | <function>sd_journal_get_events()</function>, | |
236 | <function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function>, | |
237 | <function>sd_journal_process()</function> and | |
238 | <function>sd_journal_wait()</function> interfaces are available as | |
239 | a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the | |
240 | <constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
241 | file.</para> | |
242 | </refsect1> | |
243 | ||
244 | <refsect1> | |
245 | <title>Examples</title> | |
246 | ||
247 | <para>Iterating through the journal, in a live view tracking all | |
248 | changes:</para> | |
249 | ||
250 | <programlisting>#include <stdio.h> | |
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251 | #include <string.h> |
252 | #include <systemd/sd-journal.h> | |
253 | ||
254 | int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { | |
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255 | int r; |
256 | sd_journal *j; | |
257 | r = sd_journal_open(&j, SD_JOURNAL_LOCAL_ONLY); | |
258 | if (r < 0) { | |
259 | fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open journal: %s\n", strerror(-r)); | |
260 | return 1; | |
261 | } | |
262 | for (;;) { | |
263 | const void *d; | |
264 | size_t l; | |
265 | r = sd_journal_next(j); | |
266 | if (r < 0) { | |
267 | fprintf(stderr, "Failed to iterate to next entry: %s\n", strerror(-r)); | |
268 | break; | |
269 | } | |
270 | if (r == 0) { | |
271 | /* Reached the end, let's wait for changes, and try again */ | |
272 | r = sd_journal_wait(j, (uint64_t) -1); | |
273 | if (r < 0) { | |
274 | fprintf(stderr, "Failed to wait for changes: %s\n", strerror(-r)); | |
275 | break; | |
276 | } | |
277 | continue; | |
278 | } | |
279 | r = sd_journal_get_data(j, "MESSAGE", &d, &l); | |
280 | if (r < 0) { | |
281 | fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read message field: %s\n", strerror(-r)); | |
282 | continue; | |
283 | } | |
284 | printf("%.*s\n", (int) l, (const char*) d); | |
285 | } | |
286 | sd_journal_close(j); | |
287 | return 0; | |
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288 | }</programlisting> |
289 | ||
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290 | <para>Waiting with <function>poll()</function> (this |
291 | example lacks all error checking for the sake of | |
292 | simplicity):</para> | |
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0a6f50c0 | 294 | <programlisting>#include <poll.h> |
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295 | #include <systemd/sd-journal.h> |
296 | ||
297 | int wait_for_changes(sd_journal *j) { | |
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298 | struct pollfd pollfd; |
299 | int msec; | |
300 | ||
301 | sd_journal_get_timeout(m, &t); | |
302 | if (t == (uint64_t) -1) | |
303 | msec = -1; | |
304 | else { | |
305 | struct timespec ts; | |
306 | uint64_t n; | |
307 | clock_getttime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts); | |
308 | n = (uint64_t) ts.tv_sec * 1000000 + ts.tv_nsec / 1000; | |
309 | msec = t > n ? (int) ((t - n + 999) / 1000) : 0; | |
310 | } | |
311 | ||
312 | pollfd.fd = sd_journal_get_fd(j); | |
313 | pollfd.events = sd_journal_get_events(j); | |
314 | poll(&pollfd, 1, msec); | |
315 | return sd_journal_process(j); | |
9fccdb0f | 316 | }</programlisting> |
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317 | </refsect1> |
318 | ||
319 | <refsect1> | |
320 | <title>See Also</title> | |
321 | ||
322 | <para> | |
323 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
324 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
325 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
326 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
327 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>poll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
328 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
329 | </para> | |
330 | </refsect1> | |
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331 | |
332 | </refentry> |