NAME

       sd_event_source_set_floating, sd_event_source_get_floating - Set or retrieve 'floating' state of event
       sources

SYNOPSIS

       #include <systemd/sd-event.h>

       int sd_event_source_set_floating(sd_event_source *source, int floating);

       int sd_event_source_get_floating(sd_event_source *source);

DESCRIPTION

       sd_event_source_set_floating() takes a boolean and sets the 'floating' state of the specified event
       source object. This is used to change the direction of reference counts for the object and the event loop
       it is associated with. In non-floating mode, the event source object holds a reference to the event loop
       object, but not vice versa. The creator of the event source object must hold a reference to it as long as
       the source should exist. In floating mode, the event loop holds a reference to the source object, and
       will decrease the reference count when being freed. This means that a reference to the event loop should
       be held to prevent both from being destroyed.

       Various calls that allocate event source objects (i.e.  sd_event_add_io(3), sd_event_add_time(3) and
       similar) will automatically set an event source object to 'floating' mode if the caller passed NULL in
       the parameter used to return a reference to the event source object. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to
       gain temporary access to the source object, for example to adjust event source properties after
       allocation (e.g. its priority or description string). In those cases the object may be created in
       non-floating mode, and the returned reference used to adjust the properties, and the object marked as
       floating afterwards, and the reference in the caller dropped.

       sd_event_source_get_floating() may be used to query the current 'floating' state of the event source
       object source. It returns zero if 'floating' mode is off, positive if it is on.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, sd_event_source_set_floating() and sd_event_source_get_floating() return a non-negative
       integer. On failure, they return a negative errno-style error code.

   Errors
       Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

       -EINVAL
           source is not a valid pointer to an sd_event_source object.

       -ECHILD
           The event loop has been created in a different process.

NOTES

       These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
       libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

SEE ALSO

       sd-event(3), sd_event_add_io(3), sd_event_add_time(3), sd_event_add_signal(3), sd_event_add_child(3),
       sd_event_add_inotify(3), sd_event_add_defer(3), sd_event_source_set_description(3),
       sd_event_source_set_priority(3)