pointer to an <type>sd_bus</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
+ Variable Attribute</ulink>. Note that this function is defined as an
inline function. Use a declaration like the following, in order to
allocate a bus object that is freed automatically as the code
block is left:</para>
…
}</programlisting>
- <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> and <function>sd_bus_unref()</function>
- execute no operation if the passed in bus object address is
- <constant>NULL</constant>. <function>sd_bus_unrefp()</function> will first
- dereference its argument, which must not be <constant>NULL</constant>, and will
- execute no operation if <emphasis>that</emphasis> is <constant>NULL</constant>.
- </para>
+ <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> and <function>sd_bus_unref()</function> execute no operation if
+ the argument is <constant>NULL</constant>. <function>sd_bus_unrefp()</function> will first dereference
+ its argument, which must not be <constant>NULL</constant>, and will execute no operation if
+ <emphasis>that</emphasis> is <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_close_unref()</function> is similar to <function>sd_bus_unref()</function>, but
first executes
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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-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="sd_device_ref" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>sd_device_ref</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>sd_device_ref</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>sd_device_ref</refname>
+ <refname>sd_device_unref</refname>
+ <refname>sd_device_unrefp</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Create or destroy references to a device object</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-device.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>sd_device* <function>sd_device_ref</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_device *<parameter>device</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>sd_device* <function>sd_device_unref</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_device *<parameter>device</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>sd_device_unrefp</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_device **<parameter>device</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+
+ <para><function>sd_device_ref()</function> increases the reference counter of
+ <parameter>device</parameter> by one.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_device_unref()</function> decreases the reference counter of
+ <parameter>device</parameter> by one. Once the reference count has dropped to zero,
+ <parameter>device</parameter> is destroyed and cannot be used anymore, so further calls to
+ <function>sd_device_ref()</function> or <function>sd_device_unref()</function> are illegal.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_device_unrefp()</function> is similar to <function>sd_device_unref()</function> but
+ takes a pointer to a pointer to an <type>sd_device</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 an inline function. Use a declaration
+ like the following, in order to allocate a device object that is freed automatically as the code block is
+ left:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>{
+ __attribute__((cleanup(sd_device_unrefp))) sd_device *device = NULL;
+ int r;
+ …
+ r = sd_device_new_from_syspath(&device, "…");
+ if (r < 0)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate device: %s\n", strerror(-r));
+ …
+}</programlisting>
+
+ <para><function>sd_device_ref()</function> and <function>sd_device_unref()</function> execute no
+ operation if the argument is <constant>NULL</constant>. <function>sd_device_unrefp()</function> will
+ first dereference its argument, which must not be <constant>NULL</constant>, and will execute no
+ operation if <emphasis>that</emphasis> is <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Return Value</title>
+
+ <para><function>sd_device_ref()</function> always returns the argument, and
+ <function>sd_device_unref()</function> always returns <constant>NULL</constant>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>