sd_bus_reply_method_return(3) — Linux manual page

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SD_BUS_R...D_RETURN(3)  sd_bus_reply_method_return SD_BUS_R...D_RETURN(3)

NAME         top

       sd_bus_reply_method_return, sd_bus_reply_method_returnv - Reply to
       a D-Bus method call

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

       int sd_bus_reply_method_return(sd_bus_message *call,
                                      const char *types, ...);

       int sd_bus_reply_method_returnv(sd_bus_message *call,
                                       const char *types, va_list ap);

DESCRIPTION         top

       sd_bus_reply_method_return() sends a reply to the call message.
       The type string types and the arguments that follow it must adhere
       to the format described in sd_bus_message_append(3). If no reply
       is expected to call, this function succeeds without sending a
       reply.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, this function returns a non-negative integer. On
       failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.

   Errors
       Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

       -EINVAL
           The input parameter call is NULL.

           Message call is not a method call message.

           Message call is not attached to a bus.

           Message m is not a method reply message.

           Added in version 246.

       -EPERM
           Message call has been sealed.

           Added in version 246.

       -ENOTCONN
           The bus to which message call is attached is not connected.

           Added in version 246.

       -ENOMEM
           Memory allocation failed.

           Added in version 246.

       In addition, any error returned by sd_bus_send(3) may be returned.

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.

SEE ALSO         top

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

COLOPHON         top

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