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-<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-->
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
 
 <refentry id="sd_event_new" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
   <refentryinfo>
     <title>sd_event_new</title>
     <productname>systemd</productname>
-
-    <authorgroup>
-      <author>
-        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
-        <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
-        <surname>Poettering</surname>
-        <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
-      </author>
-    </authorgroup>
   </refentryinfo>
 
   <refmeta>
@@ -47,6 +20,7 @@
     <refname>sd_event_default</refname>
     <refname>sd_event_ref</refname>
     <refname>sd_event_unref</refname>
+    <refname>sd_event_unrefp</refname>
     <refname>sd_event_get_tid</refname>
     <refname>sd_event</refname>
 
         <paramdef>sd_event *<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef>
       </funcprototype>
 
+      <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>void <function>sd_event_unrefp</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>sd_event **<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+
       <funcprototype>
         <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_get_tid</function></funcdef>
         <paramdef>sd_event *<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef>
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    or
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_post</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     and then execute the event loop using
-    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_loop</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
     <para><function>sd_event_ref()</function> increases the reference
     count of the specified event loop object by one.</para>
     all remaining event sources of the event loop also need to be
     freed as each keeps a reference to it.</para>
 
-    <para>Both <function>sd_event_ref()</function> and
-    <function>sd_event_unref()</function> execute no operation if the
+    <para><function>sd_event_unrefp()</function> is similar to
+    <function>sd_event_unref()</function> but takes a pointer to a
+    pointer to an <type>sd_event</type> object. This call is useful in
+    conjunction with GCC's and LLVM's <ulink
+    url="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html">Clean-up
+    Variable Attribute</ulink>. Note that this function is defined as
+    inline function. Use a declaration like the following,
+    in order to allocate an event loop object that is freed
+    automatically as the code block is left:</para>
+
+    <programlisting>{
+        __attribute__((cleanup(sd_event_unrefp))) sd_event *event = NULL;
+        int r;
+        …
+        r = sd_event_default(&amp;event);
+        if (r &lt; 0)
+                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate event loop: %s\n", strerror(-r));
+        …
+}</programlisting>
+
+    <para><function>sd_event_ref()</function>,
+    <function>sd_event_unref()</function> and
+    <function>sd_event_unrefp()</function> execute no operation if the
     passed in event loop object is <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
 
     <para><function>sd_event_get_tid()</function> retrieves the thread
   <refsect1>
     <title>Return Value</title>
 
-    <para>On success, <function>sd_event_new()</function> and
-    <function>sd_event_default()</function> return 0 or a positive
-    integer. On failure, they return a negative errno-style error
-    code. <function>sd_event_ref()</function> always returns a pointer
-    to the event loop object passed
-    in. <function>sd_event_unref()</function> always returns
+    <para>On success, <function>sd_event_new()</function>, <function>sd_event_default()</function> and
+    <function>sd_event_get_tid()</function> return 0 or a positive integer. On failure, they return a
+    negative errno-style error code. <function>sd_event_ref()</function> always returns a pointer to the
+    event loop object passed in. <function>sd_event_unref()</function> always returns
     <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
-  </refsect1>
 
-  <refsect1>
-    <title>Errors</title>
+    <refsect2>
+      <title>Errors</title>
 
-    <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
+      <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
 
-    <variablelist>
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Not enough memory to allocate the object.</para></listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
+          <listitem><para>Not enough memory to allocate the object.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><constant>-EMFILE</constant></term>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><constant>-EMFILE</constant></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>The maximum number of event loops has been allocated.</para></listitem>
+          <listitem><para>The maximum number of event loops has been allocated.</para></listitem>
 
-      </varlistentry>
+        </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><constant>-ENXIO</constant></term>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><constant>-ENXIO</constant></term>
 
-        <listitem><para><function>sd_event_get_tid()</function> was
-        invoked on an event loop object that was not allocated with
-        <function>sd_event_default()</function>.</para></listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
+          <listitem><para><function>sd_event_get_tid()</function> was invoked on an event loop object that
+          was not allocated with <function>sd_event_default()</function>.</para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
 
-    </variablelist>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
   </refsect1>
 
   <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_post</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>gettid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     </para>