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5<!--
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9<refentry id="sd_event_source_set_prepare" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
10
11 <refentryinfo>
12 <title>sd_event_source_set_prepare</title>
13 <productname>systemd</productname>
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14 </refentryinfo>
15
16 <refmeta>
17 <refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_prepare</refentrytitle>
18 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
19 </refmeta>
20
21 <refnamediv>
22 <refname>sd_event_source_set_prepare</refname>
23
24 <refpurpose>Set a preparation callback for event sources</refpurpose>
25 </refnamediv>
26
27 <refsynopsisdiv>
28 <funcsynopsis>
29 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-event.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
30
31 <funcprototype>
32 <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_source_set_prepare</function></funcdef>
33 <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
34 <paramdef>sd_event_handler_t <parameter>callback</parameter></paramdef>
35 </funcprototype>
36
37 <funcprototype>
38 <funcdef>typedef int (*<function>sd_event_handler_t</function>)</funcdef>
39 <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>s</parameter></paramdef>
40 <paramdef>void *<parameter>userdata</parameter></paramdef>
41 </funcprototype>
42
43 </funcsynopsis>
44 </refsynopsisdiv>
45
46 <refsect1>
47 <title>Description</title>
48
49 <para><function>sd_event_source_set_prepare()</function> may be
7f3fdb7f 50 used to set a preparation callback for the event source object
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51 specified as <parameter>source</parameter>. The callback function
52 specified as <parameter>callback</parameter> will be invoked
53 immediately before the event loop goes to sleep to wait for
54 incoming events. It is invoked with the user data pointer passed
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55 when the event source was created. The event source will be disabled
56 if the callback function returns a negative error code. The callback
57 function may be used to reconfigure the precise events to wait for.
58 If the <parameter>callback</parameter> parameter is passed as NULL
59 the callback function is reset. </para>
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60
61 <para>Event source objects have no preparation callback associated
62 when they are first created with calls such as
63 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
64 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Preparation
65 callback functions are supported for all event source types with
66 the exception of those created with
67 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Preparation
68 callback functions are dispatched in the order indicated by the
69 event source's priority field, as set with
70 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_priority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Preparation
71 callbacks of disabled event sources (see
72 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
73 are not invoked.</para>
74 </refsect1>
75
76 <refsect1>
77 <title>Return Value</title>
78
79 <para>On success,
80 <function>sd_event_source_set_prepare()</function> returns a
81 non-negative integer. On failure, it returns a negative
82 errno-style error code.</para>
83 </refsect1>
84
85 <refsect1>
86 <title>Errors</title>
87
88 <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
89
90 <variablelist>
91 <varlistentry>
92 <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
93
94 <listitem><para><parameter>source</parameter> is not a valid
95 pointer to an <structname>sd_event_source</structname>
96 object.</para></listitem>
97 </varlistentry>
98
99 <varlistentry>
100 <term><constant>-ESTALE</constant></term>
101
102 <listitem><para>The event loop is already terminated.</para></listitem>
103
104 </varlistentry>
105 <varlistentry>
106 <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
107
108 <listitem><para>Not enough memory.</para></listitem>
109 </varlistentry>
110
111 <varlistentry>
112 <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
113
114 <listitem><para>The event loop has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
115
116 </varlistentry>
117
118 <varlistentry>
119 <term><constant>-EDOM</constant></term>
120
121 <listitem><para>The specified event source has been created
122 with
123 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
124
125 </varlistentry>
126
127 </variablelist>
128 </refsect1>
129
130 <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
131
132 <refsect1>
133 <title>See Also</title>
134
135 <para>
136 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
137 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
138 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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140 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
141 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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142 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
143 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
144 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_priority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
145 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_userdata</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
146 </para>
147 </refsect1>
148
149</refentry>