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SD_BUS_SLOT_REF(3) sd_bus_slot_refSD_BUS_SLOT_REF(3)sd_bus_slot_ref, sd_bus_slot_unref, sd_bus_slot_unrefp - Create and destroy references to a bus slot object
#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>sd_bus_slot *sd_bus_slot_ref(sd_bus_slot *slot);sd_bus_slot *sd_bus_slot_unref(sd_bus_slot *slot);void sd_bus_slot_unrefp(sd_bus_slot **slotp);
sd_bus_slot_ref()increases the internal reference counter ofslot by one.sd_bus_slot_unref()decreases the internal reference counter ofslot by one. Once the reference count has dropped to zero, slot object is destroyed and cannot be used anymore, so further calls tosd_bus_slot_ref()orsd_bus_slot_unref()are illegal.sd_bus_slot_unrefp()is similar tosd_bus_slot_unref()but takes a pointer to a pointer to ansd_bus_slotobject. This call is useful in conjunction with GCC's and LLVM'sClean-up VariableAttribute[1]. Seesd_bus_new(3) for an example how to use the cleanup attribute.sd_bus_slot_ref()andsd_bus_slot_unref()execute no operation if the passed in bus object address isNULL.sd_bus_slot_unrefp() will first dereference its argument, which must not beNULL, and will execute no operation ifthat isNULL.
sd_bus_slot_ref()always returns the argument.sd_bus_slot_unref()always returnsNULL.
Functions described here are available as a shared library, which can be compiled against and linked to with thelibsystemd pkg-config(1) file. The code described here usesgetenv(3), which is declared to be not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the functions described here must not callsetenv(3) from a parallel thread. It is recommended to only do calls tosetenv()from an early phase of the program when no other threads have been started.
sd_bus_slot_ref(),sd_bus_slot_unref(), andsd_bus_slot_unrefp() were added in version 240.
systemd(1),sd-bus(3),sd_bus_new(3),sd_bus_message_new(3),sd_bus_call_method_async(3)
1. Clean-up Variable Attributehttps://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html
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