sd_bus_message_append_array(3) — Linux manual page

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SD_BUS_...ND_ARRAY(3)  sd_bus_message_append_array SD_BUS_...ND_ARRAY(3)

NAME         top

       sd_bus_message_append_array, sd_bus_message_append_array_memfd,
       sd_bus_message_append_array_iovec,
       sd_bus_message_append_array_space - Append an array of fields to
       a D-Bus message

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

       int sd_bus_message_append_array(sd_bus_message *m, char type,
                                       void *ptr, size_t size);

       int sd_bus_message_append_array_memfd(sd_bus_message *m,
                                             char type, int memfd,
                                             uint64_t offset,
                                             uint64_t size);

       int sd_bus_message_append_array_iovec(sd_bus_message *m,
                                             char type,
                                             const struct iovec *iov,
                                             unsigned n);

       int sd_bus_message_append_array_space(sd_bus_message *m,
                                             char type, size_t size,
                                             void **ptr);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The sd_bus_message_append_array() function appends an array to a
       D-Bus message m. A container will be opened, the array contents
       appended, and the container closed. The parameter type determines
       how the pointer p is interpreted.  type must be one of the
       "trivial" types "y", "n", "q", "i", "u", "x", "t", "d" (but not
       "b"), as defined by the Basic D-Bus Types[1] section of the D-Bus
       specification, and listed in sd_bus_message_append_basic(3).
       Pointer p must point to an array of size size bytes containing
       items of the respective type. Size size must be a multiple of the
       size of the type type. As a special case, p may be NULL, if size
       is 0. The memory pointed to by p is copied into the memory area
       containing the message and stays in possession of the caller. The
       caller may hence freely change the data after this call without
       affecting the message the array was appended to.

       The sd_bus_message_append_array_memfd() function appends an array
       of a trivial type to message m, similar to
       sd_bus_message_append_array(). The contents of the memory file
       descriptor memfd starting at the specified offset and of the
       specified size is used as the contents of the array. The offset
       and size must be a multiple of the size of the type type.
       However, as a special exception, if the offset is specified as
       zero and the size specified as UINT64_MAX the full memory file
       descriptor contents is used. The memory file descriptor is sealed
       by this call if it has not been sealed yet, and cannot be
       modified after this call. See memfd_create(2) for details about
       memory file descriptors. Appending arrays with memory file
       descriptors enables efficient zero-copy data transfer, as the
       memory file descriptor may be passed as-is to the destination,
       without copying the memory in it to the destination process. Not
       all protocol transports support passing memory file descriptors
       between participants, in which case this call will automatically
       fall back to copying. Also, as memory file descriptor passing is
       inefficient for smaller amounts of data, copying might still be
       enforced even where memory file descriptor passing is supported.

       The sd_bus_message_append_array_iovec() function appends an array
       of a trivial type to the message m, similar to
       sd_bus_message_append_array(). Contents of the I/O vector array
       iov are used as the contents of the array. The total size of iov
       payload (the sum of iov_len fields) must be a multiple of the
       size of the type type. The iov argument must point to n I/O
       vector structures. Each structure may have the iov_base field
       set, in which case the memory pointed to will be copied into the
       message, or unset (set to zero), in which case a block of zeros
       of length iov_len bytes will be inserted. The memory pointed at
       by iov may be changed after this call.

       The sd_bus_message_append_array_space() function appends space
       for an array of a trivial type to message m. It behaves the same
       as sd_bus_message_append_array(), but instead of copying items to
       the message, it returns a pointer to the destination area to the
       caller in pointer p. The caller should subsequently write the
       array contents to this memory. Modifications to the memory
       pointed to should only occur until the next operation on the bus
       message is invoked. Most importantly, the memory should not be
       altered anymore when another field has been added to the message
       or the message has been sealed.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, these calls return 0 or a positive integer. On
       failure, they return a negative errno-style error code.

   Errors
       Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

       -EINVAL
           Specified parameter is invalid.

       -EPERM
           Message has been sealed.

       -ESTALE
           Message is in invalid state.

       -ENXIO
           Message cannot be appended to.

       -ENOMEM
           Memory allocation failed.

NOTES         top

       Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
       can be compiled against and linked to with the
       libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

       The code described here uses getenv(3), which is declared to be
       not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the
       functions described here must not call setenv(3) from a parallel
       thread. It is recommended to only do calls to setenv() from an
       early phase of the program when no other threads have been
       started.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), sd-bus(3), sd_bus_message_append(3),
       sd_bus_message_append_basic(3), memfd_create(2), The D-Bus
       specification[2]

NOTES         top

        1. Basic D-Bus Types
           https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#basic-types

        2. The D-Bus specification
           https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html

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