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31.Dd July 11, 2010
32.Dt UDEV_MONITOR 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm udev_monitor_new ,
36.Nm udev_monitor_ref ,
37.Nm udev_monitor_unref ,
38.Nm udev_monitor_get_udev ,
39.Nm udev_monitor_get_fd ,
40.Nm udev_monitor_receive_device ,
41.Nm udev_monitor_enable_receiving ,
42.Nm udev_monitor_filter_add_match_subsystem_devtype ,
43.Nm udev_monitor_filter_add_match_expr ,
44.Nm udev_monitor_filter_add_nomatch_expr ,
45.Nm udev_monitor_filter_add_match_regex ,
46.Nm udev_monitor_filter_add_nomatch_regex
47.Nd device event monitor functions
48.Sh LIBRARY
49.Lb libdevattr
50.Sh SYNOPSIS
51.In devattr.h
52.Ft struct udev_monitor *
53.Fn udev_monitor_new "struct udev *udev_ctx"
54.Ft struct udev_monitor *
55.Fn udev_monitor_ref "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor"
56.Ft void
57.Fn udev_monitor_unref "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor"
58.Ft struct udev *
59.Fn udev_monitor_get_udev "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor"
60.Ft int
61.Fn udev_monitor_get_fd "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor"
62.Ft struct udev_device *
63.Fn udev_monitor_receive_device "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor"
64.Ft int
65.Fn udev_monitor_enable_receiving "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor"
66.Ft int
67.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_match_subsystem_devtype "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor" "const char *subsystem" "const char *devtype"
68.Ft int
69.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_match_expr "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor" "const char *key" "char *expr"
70.Ft int
71.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_nomatch_expr "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor" "const char *key" "char *expr"
72.Ft int
73.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_match_regex "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor" "const char *key" "char *expr"
74.Ft int
75.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_nomatch_regex "struct udev_monitor *udev_monitor" "const char *key" "char *expr"
76.Sh DESCRIPTION
77The
78.Fn udev_monitor_new
79function creates a new udev_monitor object in the specified udev context
80.Fa udev_ctx .
81It returns
82.Dv NULL
83if no such object could be created.
84.Pp
85The
86.Fn udev_monitor_ref
87and
88.Fn udev_monitor_unref
89functions increase or decrease the reference count on a
90.Fa udev_monitor
91object respectively.
92When the reference count drops to 0, the object is automatically destroyed and
93any remaining event socket closed.
94The
95.Fn udev_monitor_ref
96function returns the same object that was passed in.
97.Pp
98The
99.Fn udev_monitor_get_udev
100function returns the udev context in which the
101.Fa udev_monitor
102object was created.
103.Pp
104The
105.Fn udev_monitor_enable_receiving
106function enables receiving event notifications matching the filters added by
107previous calls to
108.Fn udev_monitor_filter_* .
109The function returns -1 if an error occurs.
110.Pp
111The
112.Fn udev_monitor_receive_device
113function reads a udev_device, once the monitor has been enabled for receiving.
114This call will block until a device is available.
115It returns
116.Dv NULL
117if a read error occurs.
118.Pp
119The
120.Fn udev_monitor_get_fd
121returns the raw file descriptor on which events are notified after a call to
122.Fn udev_monitor_enable_receiving .
123This file descriptor can then be used in conjunction with
124.Xr poll 2
125or
126.Xr kqueue 2 .
127The
128.Fn udev_monitor_receive_device
129call must be used to read from the descriptor.
130The function returns -1 if the socket is not connected.
131.Pp
132The
133.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_match_subsystem_devtype
134function adds a filter that matches the given
135.Fa subsystem
136and/or
137.Fa devtype .
138If
139.Fa subsystem
140or
141.Fa devtype
142is
143.Dv NULL ,
144that argument is ignored.
145The function returns 0 in case of success and a negative value if an error
146occurred.
147NOTE: Currently devtype matching is not implemented.
148.Pp
149The
150.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_match_expr
151and
152.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_nomatch_expr
153functions add a filter to match or not to match, respectively, devices with the
154specified
155.Fa key
156and value
157.Fa expr .
158The
159.Fa expr
160can contain wildcards.
161On error, these functions return a negative value and 0 if no error occurred.
162.Pp
163The
164.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_match_regex ,
165and
166.Fn udev_monitor_filter_add_nomatch_regex
167functions add a filter to match or not to match, respectively, devices with the
168specified
169.Fa key
170and value
171.Fa expr .
172The
173.Fa expr
174can contain regular expressions according to
175.Xr regex 3 .
176On error, these functions return a negative value and 0 if no error occurred.
177.Sh SEE ALSO
178.Xr devattr 3 ,
179.Xr udev 3 ,
180.Xr udev_device 3 ,
181.Xr udev_enumerate 3 ,
182.Xr udevd 8
183