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5<!--
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9<refentry id="sd_event_source_set_enabled" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
10
11 <refentryinfo>
12 <title>sd_event_source_set_enabled</title>
13 <productname>systemd</productname>
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14 </refentryinfo>
15
16 <refmeta>
17 <refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle>
18 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
19 </refmeta>
20
21 <refnamediv>
22 <refname>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refname>
23 <refname>sd_event_source_get_enabled</refname>
24 <refname>SD_EVENT_ON</refname>
25 <refname>SD_EVENT_OFF</refname>
26 <refname>SD_EVENT_ONESHOT</refname>
27
28 <refpurpose>Enable or disable event sources</refpurpose>
29 </refnamediv>
30
31 <refsynopsisdiv>
32 <funcsynopsis>
33 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-event.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
34
35 <funcsynopsisinfo><token>enum</token> {
36 <constant>SD_EVENT_OFF</constant> = 0,
37 <constant>SD_EVENT_ON</constant> = 1,
38 <constant>SD_EVENT_ONESHOT</constant> = -1,
39};</funcsynopsisinfo>
40
41 <funcprototype>
42 <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_source_set_enabled</function></funcdef>
43 <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
44 <paramdef>int <parameter>enabled</parameter></paramdef>
45 </funcprototype>
46
47 <funcprototype>
48 <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_source_get_enabled</function></funcdef>
49 <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
50 <paramdef>int *<parameter>enabled</parameter></paramdef>
51 </funcprototype>
52
53 </funcsynopsis>
54 </refsynopsisdiv>
55
56 <refsect1>
57 <title>Description</title>
58
59 <para><function>sd_event_source_set_enabled()</function> may be
60 used to enable or disable the event source object specified as
61 <parameter>source</parameter>. The <parameter>enabled</parameter>
62 parameter takes one of <constant>SD_EVENT_ON</constant> (to
63 enable), <constant>SD_EVENT_OFF</constant> (to disable) or
64 <constant>SD_EVENT_ONESHOT</constant>. If invoked with
65 <constant>SD_EVENT_ONESHOT</constant> the event source will be
66 enabled but automatically reset to
67 <constant>SD_EVENT_OFF</constant> after the event source was
68 dispatched once.</para>
69
70 <para>Event sources that are disabled will not result in event
71 loop wakeups and will not be dispatched, until they are enabled
72 again.</para>
73
74 <para><function>sd_event_source_get_enabled()</function> may be
75 used to query whether the event source object
76 <parameter>source</parameter> is currently enabled or not. It
77 returns the enablement state in
78 <parameter>enabled</parameter>.</para>
79
80 <para>Event source objects are enabled when they are first created
81 with calls such as
82 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
83 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. However,
7f3fdb7f 84 depending on the event source type they are enabled continuously
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85 (<constant>SD_EVENT_ON</constant>) or only for a single invocation
86 of the event source handler
87 (<constant>SD_EVENT_ONESHOT</constant>). For details see the
88 respective manual pages.</para>
89
90 <para>As event source objects stay active and may be dispatched as
91 long as there is at least one reference to them, in many cases it
92 is a good idea to combine a call to
93 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
94 with a prior call to
95 <function>sd_event_source_set_enabled()</function> with
96 <constant>SD_EVENT_OFF</constant>, to ensure the event source is
97 not dispatched again until all other remaining references are dropped.</para>
98 </refsect1>
99
100 <refsect1>
101 <title>Return Value</title>
102
103 <para>On success, <function>sd_event_source_set_enabled()</function> and
104 <function>sd_event_source_get_enabled()</function> return a
105 non-negative integer. On failure, they return a negative
106 errno-style error code.</para>
107 </refsect1>
108
109 <refsect1>
110 <title>Errors</title>
111
112 <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
113
114 <variablelist>
115 <varlistentry>
116 <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
117
118 <listitem><para><parameter>source</parameter> is not a valid
119 pointer to an <structname>sd_event_source</structname>
120 object.</para></listitem>
121 </varlistentry>
122
123 <varlistentry>
124 <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
125
126 <listitem><para>Not enough memory.</para></listitem>
127 </varlistentry>
128
129 <varlistentry>
130 <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
131
132 <listitem><para>The event loop has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
133
134 </varlistentry>
135
136 </variablelist>
137 </refsect1>
138
139 <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
140
141 <refsect1>
142 <title>See Also</title>
143
144 <para>
145 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
146 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
147 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
148 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
149 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
150 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
151 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
152 </para>
153 </refsect1>
154
155</refentry>