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28.Dd March 31, 2007
29.Dt EVENTHANDLER 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE ,
33.Nm EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE ,
34.Nm EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER ,
35.Nm EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER ,
36.Nm eventhandler_register ,
37.Nm eventhandler_deregister ,
38.Nm eventhandler_find_list
39.Nd kernel event handling functions
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In sys/eventhandler.h
42.Fn EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE name type
43.Fn EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE name ...
44.Ft eventhandler_tag
45.Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER name func arg priority
46.Fn EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER name tag
47.Ft eventhandler_tag
48.Fo eventhandler_register
49.Fa "struct eventhandler_list *list"
50.Fa "const char *name"
51.Fa "void *func"
52.Fa "void *arg"
53.Fa "int priority"
54.Fc
55.Ft void
56.Fo eventhandler_deregister
57.Fa "struct eventhandler_list *list"
58.Fa "eventhandler_tag tag"
59.Fc
60.Ft "struct eventhandler_list *"
61.Fn eventhandler_find_list "const char *name"
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The
64.Nm
65mechanism provides a way for kernel subsystems to register interest in
66kernel events and have their callback functions invoked when these
67events occur.
68.Pp
69The normal way to use this subsystem is via the macro interface.
70The macros that can be used for working with event handlers and callback
71function lists are:
72.Bl -tag -width indent
73.It Fn EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE
74This macro declares an event handler named by argument
75.Fa name
76with callback functions of type
77.Fa type .
78.It Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER
79This macro registers a callback function
80.Fa func
81with event handler
82.Fa name .
83When invoked, function
84.Fa func
85will be invoked with argument
86.Fa arg
87as its first parameter along with any additional parameters passed in
88via macro
89.Fn EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE
90(see below).
91Callback functions are invoked in order of priority.
92The relative priority of each callback among other callbacks
93associated with an event is given by argument
94.Fa priority ,
95which is an integer ranging from
96.Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_FIRST
97(highest priority), to
98.Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_LAST
99(lowest priority).
100The symbol
101.Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_ANY
102may be used if the handler does not have a specific priority
103associated with it.
104If registration is successful,
105.Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER
106returns a cookie of type
107.Vt eventhandler_tag .
108.It Fn EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER
109This macro removes a previously registered callback associated with tag
110.Fa tag
111from the event handler named by argument
112.Fa name .
113.It Fn EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE
114This macro is used to invoke all the callbacks associated with event
115handler
116.Fa name .
117This macro is a variadic one.
118Additional arguments to the macro after the
119.Fa name
120parameter are passed as the second and subsequent arguments to each
121registered callback function.
122.El
123.Pp
124The macros are implemented using the following functions:
125.Bl -tag -width indent
126.It Fn eventhandler_register
127The
128.Fn eventhandler_register
129function is used to register a callback with a given event.
130The arguments expected by this function are:
131.Bl -tag -width ".Fa priority"
132.It Fa list
133A pointer to an existing event handler list, or
134.Dv NULL .
135If
136.Fa list
137is
138.Dv NULL ,
139the event handler list corresponding to argument
140.Fa name
141is used.
142.It Fa name
143The name of the event handler list.
144.It Fa func
145A pointer to a callback function.
146Argument
147.Fa arg
148is passed to the callback function
149.Fa func
150as its first argument when it is invoked.
151.It Fa priority
152The relative priority of this callback among all the callbacks
153registered for this event.
154Valid values are those in the range
155.Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_FIRST
156to
157.Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_LAST .
158.El
159.Pp
160The
161.Fn eventhandler_register
162function returns a
163.Fa tag
164that can later be used with
165.Fn eventhandler_deregister
166to remove the particular callback function.
167.It Fn eventhandler_deregister
168The
169.Fn eventhandler_deregister
170function removes the callback associated with tag
171.Fa tag
172from the event handler list pointed to by
173.Fa list .
174This function is safe to call from inside an event handler
175callback.
176.It Fn eventhandler_find_list
177The
178.Fn eventhandler_find_list
179function returns a pointer to event handler list structure corresponding
180to event
181.Fa name .
182.El
183.Ss Kernel Event Handlers
184The following event handlers are present in the kernel:
185.Bl -tag -width indent
186.It Vt acpi_sleep_event
187Callbacks invoked when the system is being sent to sleep.
188.It Vt acpi_wakeup_event
189Callbacks invoked when the system is being woken up.
190.It Vt dev_clone
191Callbacks invoked when a new entry is created under
192.Pa /dev .
193.It Vt ifaddr_event
194Callbacks invoked when an address is set up on a network interface.
195.It Vt if_clone_event
196Callbacks invoked when an interface is cloned.
197.It Vt ifnet_attach_event
198Callbacks invoked when a new network interface appears.
199.It Vt ifnet_detach_event
200Callbacks invoked when a network interface is removed.
201.It Vt power_profile_change
202Callbacks invoked when the power profile of the system changes.
203.It Vt shutdown_pre_sync
204Callbacks invoked at shutdown time, before file systems are synchronized.
205.It Vt shutdown_post_sync
206Callbacks invoked at shutdown time, after all file systems are synchronized.
207.It Vt shutdown_final
208Callbacks invoked just before halting the system.
209.El
210.Sh RETURN VALUES
211The macro
212.Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER
213and function
214.Fn eventhandler_register
215return a cookie of type
216.Vt eventhandler_tag ,
217which may be used in a subsequent call to
218.Fn EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER
219or
220.Fn eventhandler_deregister .
221.Pp
222The
223.Fn eventhandler_find_list
224function
225returns a pointer to an event handler list corresponding to parameter
226.Fa name ,
227or
228.Dv NULL
229if no such list was found.
230.Sh HISTORY
231The
232.Nm
233facility first appeared in
234.Fx 4.0 .
235.Sh AUTHORS
236This manual page was written by
237.An Joseph Koshy Aq Mt jkoshy@FreeBSD.org .
238