sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout(3) — Linux manual page

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SD_BUS_...TIMEOUT(3)  sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout SD_BUS_...TIMEOUT(3)

NAME         top

       sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout, sd_bus_get_method_call_timeout -
       Set or query the default D-Bus method call timeout of a bus object

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

       int sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout(sd_bus *bus, uint64_t usec);

       int sd_bus_get_method_call_timeout(sd_bus *bus, uint64_t *ret);

DESCRIPTION         top

       sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout() sets the default D-Bus method
       call timeout of bus to usec microseconds.

       sd_bus_get_method_call_timeout() queries the default D-Bus method
       call timeout of bus. If no method call timeout was set using
       sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout(), the timeout is read from the
       $SYSTEMD_BUS_TIMEOUT environment variable. If this environment
       variable is unset or does not contain a valid timeout, the
       implementation falls back to a predefined method call timeout of
       25 seconds. Note that $SYSTEMD_BUS_TIMEOUT is read once and cached
       so callers should not rely on being able to change the default
       method call timeout at runtime by changing the value of
       $SYSTEMD_BUS_TIMEOUT. Instead, call
       sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout() to change the default method call
       timeout.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, these functions return a non-negative integer. On
       failure, they return a negative errno-style error code.

   Errors
       Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

       -EINVAL
           The parameters bus or ret are NULL.

           Added in version 246.

       -ENOPKG
           Bus object bus could not be resolved.

           Added in version 246.

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.

       All functions listed here are thread-agnostic and only a single
       thread may operate on a given object at any given time. Different
       threads may access the same object at different times. Multiple
       independent objects may be used from different threads in
       parallel.

       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.

HISTORY         top

       sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout() and
       sd_bus_get_method_call_timeout() were added in version 246.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), sd-bus(3), sd_bus_call(3)

COLOPHON         top

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