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| <h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="libudev-udev.top_of_page"></a>udev</span></h2> |
| <p>udev — libudev context</p> |
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| <div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"> |
| <a name="libudev-udev.synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2> |
| <pre class="synopsis">struct <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev" title="struct udev">udev</a>; |
| struct <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev" title="struct udev"><span class="returnvalue">udev</span></a> * <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-ref" title="udev_ref ()">udev_ref</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>); |
| <span class="returnvalue">void</span> <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-unref" title="udev_unref ()">udev_unref</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>); |
| struct <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev" title="struct udev"><span class="returnvalue">udev</span></a> * <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-new" title="udev_new ()">udev_new</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>); |
| <span class="returnvalue">void</span> <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-set-log-fn" title="udev_set_log_fn ()">udev_set_log_fn</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>, |
| <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span> (log_fnstruct udev *udev, int priority, const char *file, int line, const char *fn, const char *format, va_list args) ()</code></em>); |
| <span class="returnvalue">int</span> <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-get-log-priority" title="udev_get_log_priority ()">udev_get_log_priority</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>); |
| <span class="returnvalue">void</span> <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-set-log-priority" title="udev_set_log_priority ()">udev_set_log_priority</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>, |
| <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> priority</code></em>); |
| const <span class="returnvalue">char</span> * <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-get-sys-path" title="udev_get_sys_path ()">udev_get_sys_path</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>); |
| const <span class="returnvalue">char</span> * <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-get-dev-path" title="udev_get_dev_path ()">udev_get_dev_path</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>); |
| <span class="returnvalue">void</span> * <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-get-userdata" title="udev_get_userdata ()">udev_get_userdata</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>); |
| <span class="returnvalue">void</span> <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev-set-userdata" title="udev_set_userdata ()">udev_set_userdata</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>, |
| <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span> *userdata</code></em>); |
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| <div class="refsect1" title="Description"> |
| <a name="libudev-udev.description"></a><h2>Description</h2> |
| <p> |
| The context contains the default values read from the udev config file, |
| and is passed to all library operations. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="refsect1" title="Details"> |
| <a name="libudev-udev.details"></a><h2>Details</h2> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="struct udev"> |
| <a name="udev"></a><h3>struct udev</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">struct udev;</pre> |
| <p> |
| Opaque object representing the library context. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_ref ()"> |
| <a name="udev-ref"></a><h3>udev_ref ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">struct <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev" title="struct udev"><span class="returnvalue">udev</span></a> * udev_ref (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| Take a reference of the udev library context. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td> |
| <td> the passed udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_unref ()"> |
| <a name="udev-unref"></a><h3>udev_unref ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> udev_unref (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| Drop a reference of the udev library context. If the refcount |
| reaches zero, the resources of the context will be released. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody><tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr></tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_new ()"> |
| <a name="udev-new"></a><h3>udev_new ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">struct <a class="link" href="libudev-udev.html#udev" title="struct udev"><span class="returnvalue">udev</span></a> * udev_new (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| Create udev library context. This reads the udev configuration |
| file, and fills in the default values. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The initial refcount is 1, and needs to be decremented to |
| release the resources of the udev library context. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody><tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td> |
| <td> a new udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr></tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_set_log_fn ()"> |
| <a name="udev-set-log-fn"></a><h3>udev_set_log_fn ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> udev_set_log_fn (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>, |
| <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span> (log_fnstruct udev *udev, int priority, const char *file, int line, const char *fn, const char *format, va_list args) ()</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| The built-in logging writes to stderr. It can be |
| overridden by a custom function, to plug log messages |
| into the users' logging functionality. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody><tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr></tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_get_log_priority ()"> |
| <a name="udev-get-log-priority"></a><h3>udev_get_log_priority ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">int</span> udev_get_log_priority (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| The initial logging priority is read from the udev config file |
| at startup. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td> |
| <td> the current logging priority |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_set_log_priority ()"> |
| <a name="udev-set-log-priority"></a><h3>udev_set_log_priority ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> udev_set_log_priority (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>, |
| <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> priority</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| Set the current logging priority. The value controls which messages |
| are logged. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>the new logging priority |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_get_sys_path ()"> |
| <a name="udev-get-sys-path"></a><h3>udev_get_sys_path ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">char</span> * udev_get_sys_path (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| Retrieve the sysfs mount point. The default is "/sys". For |
| testing purposes, it can be overridden with the environment |
| variable SYSFS_PATH. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td> |
| <td> the sys mount point |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_get_dev_path ()"> |
| <a name="udev-get-dev-path"></a><h3>udev_get_dev_path ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">char</span> * udev_get_dev_path (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| Retrieve the device directory path. The default value is "/dev", |
| the actual value may be overridden in the udev configuration |
| file. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td> |
| <td> the device directory path |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_get_userdata ()"> |
| <a name="udev-get-userdata"></a><h3>udev_get_userdata ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> * udev_get_userdata (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| Retrieve stored data pointer from library context. This might be useful |
| to access from callbacks like a custom logging function. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td> |
| <td> stored userdata |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table></div> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="udev_set_userdata ()"> |
| <a name="udev-set-userdata"></a><h3>udev_set_userdata ()</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> udev_set_userdata (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">struct udev</span> *udev</code></em>, |
| <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span> *userdata</code></em>);</pre> |
| <p> |
| Store custom <em class="parameter"><code>userdata</code></em> in the library context. |
| </p> |
| <div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> |
| <col align="left" valign="top"> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>udev</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>udev library context |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>userdata</code></em> :</span></p></td> |
| <td>data pointer |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table></div> |
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