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NAME
sd_bus_add_object, sd_bus_add_fallback, sd_bus_add_object_vtable,
sd_bus_add_fallback_vtable, sd_bus_add_filter, SD_BUS_VTABLE_CAPABILITY,
SD_BUS_VTABLE_START, SD_BUS_VTABLE_END, SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES_OFFSET,
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES, SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_OFFSET, SD_BUS_METHOD,
SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_NAMES, SD_BUS_SIGNAL, SD_BUS_WRITABLE_PROPERTY, SD_BUS_PROPERTY,
SD_BUS_PARAM - Declare properties and methods for a D-Bus path
SYNOPSIS
#include <systemd/sd-bus-vtable.h>
typedef int (*sd_bus_message_handler_t)(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata,
sd_bus_error *ret_error);
typedef int (*sd_bus_property_get_t)(sd_bus *bus, const char *path, const char *interface,
const char *property, sd_bus_message *reply,
void *userdata, sd_bus_error *ret_error);
typedef int (*sd_bus_property_set_t)(sd_bus *bus, const char *path, const char *interface,
const char *property, sd_bus_message *value,
void *userdata, sd_bus_error *ret_error);
typedef int (*sd_bus_object_find_t)(const char *path, const char *interface,
void *userdata, void **ret_found,
sd_bus_error *ret_error);
int sd_bus_add_object(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_slot **slot, const char *path,
sd_bus_message_handler_t callback, void *userdata);
int sd_bus_add_fallback(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_slot **slot, const char *path,
sd_bus_message_handler_t callback, void *userdata);
int sd_bus_add_object_vtable(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_slot **slot, const char *path,
const char *interface, const sd_bus_vtable *vtable,
void *userdata);
int sd_bus_add_fallback_vtable(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_slot **slot, const char *prefix,
const char *interface, const sd_bus_vtable *vtable,
sd_bus_object_find_t find, void *userdata);
int sd_bus_add_filter(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_slot **slot, sd_bus_message_handler_t callback,
void *userdata);
SD_BUS_VTABLE_CAPABILITY(capability)
SD_BUS_VTABLE_START(flags)
SD_BUS_VTABLE_END
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS_OFFSET(member, args, result, handler, offset, flags)
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS(member, args, result, handler, flags)
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES_OFFSET(member, signature, in_names, result, out_names, handler,
offset, flags)
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES(member, signature, in_names, result, out_names, handler, flags)
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_OFFSET(member, signature, result, handler, offset, flags)
SD_BUS_METHOD(member, signature, result, handler, flags)
SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_ARGS(member, args, flags)
SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_NAMES(member, signature, names, flags)
SD_BUS_SIGNAL(member, signature, flags)
SD_BUS_WRITABLE_PROPERTY(member, signature, get, set, offset, flags)
SD_BUS_PROPERTY(member, signature, get, offset, flags)
SD_BUS_PARAM(name)
SD_BUS_ARGS(...)
SD_BUS_RESULT(...)
SD_BUS_NO_ARGS
SD_BUS_NO_RESULT
DESCRIPTION
sd_bus_add_object_vtable() is used to declare attributes for the object path path
connected to the bus connection bus under the interface interface. The table vtable may
contain property declarations using SD_BUS_PROPERTY() or SD_BUS_WRITABLE_PROPERTY(),
method declarations using SD_BUS_METHOD(), SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES(),
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_OFFSET(), or SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES_OFFSET(), and signal declarations
using SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_NAMES() or SD_BUS_SIGNAL(), see below. The userdata parameter
contains a pointer that will be passed to various callback functions. It may be specified
as NULL if no value is necessary. An interface can have any number of vtables attached to
it.
sd_bus_add_fallback_vtable() is similar to sd_bus_add_object_vtable(), but is used to
register "fallback" attributes. When looking for an attribute declaration, bus object
paths registered with sd_bus_add_object_vtable() are checked first. If no match is found,
the fallback vtables are checked for each prefix of the bus object path, i.e. with the
last slash-separated components successively removed. This allows the vtable to be used
for an arbitrary number of dynamically created objects.
Parameter find is a function which is used to locate the target object based on the bus
object path path. It must return 1 and set the ret_found output parameter if the object is
found, return 0 if the object was not found, and return a negative errno-style error code
or initialize the error structure ret_error on error. The pointer passed in ret_found will
be used as the userdata parameter for the callback functions (offset by the offset offsets
as specified in the vtable entries).
sd_bus_add_object() attaches a callback directly to the object path path. An object path
can have any number of callbacks attached to it. Each callback is prepended to the list of
callbacks which are always called in order. sd_bus_add_fallback() is similar to
sd_bus_add_object() but applies to fallback paths instead.
sd_bus_add_filter() installs a callback that is invoked for each incoming D-Bus message.
Filters can be used to handle logic common to all messages received by a service (e.g.
authentication or authorization).
When a request is received, any associated callbacks are called sequentially until a
callback returns a non-zero integer. Return zero from a callback to give other callbacks
the chance to process the request. Callbacks are called in the following order: first,
global callbacks installed with sd_bus_add_filter() are called. Second, callbacks attached
directly to the request object path are called, followed by any D-Bus method callbacks
attached to the request object path, interface and member. Finally, the property callbacks
attached to the request object path, interface and member are called. If the final
callback returns zero, an error reply is sent back to the caller indicating no matching
object for the request was found.
Note that you can return a positive integer from a method callback without immediately
sending a reply. This informs sd-bus this callback will take responsibility for replying
to the request without forcing the callback to produce a reply immediately. This allows a
callback to perform any number of asynchronous operations required to construct a reply.
However, if producing a reply takes too long, the method call will time out at the caller.
This is only available to methods and not properties.
If a callback was invoked to handle a request that expects a reply and the callback
returns a negative value, the value is interpreted as a negative errno-style error code
and sent back to the caller as a D-Bus error as if sd_bus_reply_method_errno(3) was
called. Additionally, all callbacks take a sd_bus_error output parameter that can be used
to provide more detailed error information. If ret_error is set when the callback
finishes, the corresponding D-Bus error is sent back to the caller as if
sd_bus_reply_method_error(3) was called. Any error stored in ret_error takes priority over
any negative values returned by the same callback when determining which error to send
back to the caller. Use sd_bus_error_set(3) or one of its variants to set ret_error and
return a negative integer from a callback with a single function call. To send an error
reply after a callback has already finished, use sd_bus_reply_method_errno(3) or one of
its variants.
For all functions, a match slot is created internally. If the output parameter slot is
NULL, a "floating" slot object is created, see sd_bus_slot_set_floating(3). Otherwise, a
pointer to the slot object is returned. In that case, the reference to the slot object
should be dropped when the vtable is not needed anymore, see sd_bus_slot_unref(3).
The sd_bus_vtable array
The array consists of the structures of type sd_bus_vtable, but it should never be filled
in manually, but through one of the following macros:
SD_BUS_VTABLE_START(flags), SD_BUS_VTABLE_END
Those must always be the first and last element. The flags parameter can be used to
set attributes that apply to the whole array; see the "Flags" section below.
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS_OFFSET(), SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS()
Declare a D-Bus method with the name member, arguments args and result result. args
expects a sequence of argument type/name pairs wrapped in the SD_BUS_ARGS() macro. The
elements at even indices in this list describe the types of the method's arguments.
The method's parameter signature is the concatenation of all the string literals at
even indices in args. If a method has no parameters, pass SD_BUS_NO_ARGS to args. The
elements at uneven indices describe the names of the method's arguments. result
expects a sequence of type/name pairs wrapped in the SD_BUS_RESULT() macro in the same
format as SD_BUS_ARGS(). The method's result signature is the concatenation of all the
string literals at even indices in result. If a method has no result, pass
SD_BUS_NO_RESULT to result. Note that argument types are expected to be quoted string
literals and argument names are expected to be unquoted string literals. See below for
a complete example.
The handler function handler must be of type sd_bus_message_handler_t. It will be
called to handle the incoming messages that call this method. It receives a pointer
that is the userdata parameter passed to the registration function offset by offset
bytes. This may be used to pass pointers to different fields in the same data
structure to different methods in the same vtable. To send a reply from handler, call
sd_bus_reply_method_return(3) with the message the callback was invoked with.
Parameter flags is a combination of flags, see below.
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS() is a shorthand for calling SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS_OFFSET()
with an offset of zero.
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES_OFFSET(), SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES(),
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_OFFSET(), SD_BUS_METHOD()
Declare a D-Bus method with the name member, parameter signature signature, result
signature result. Parameters in_names and out_names specify the argument names of the
input and output arguments in the function signature. in_names and out_names should
be created using the SD_BUS_PARAM() macro, see below. In all other regards, this macro
behaves exactly the same as SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS_OFFSET().
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES(), SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_OFFSET(), and SD_BUS_METHOD() are
variants which specify zero offset (userdata parameter is passed with no change),
leave the names unset (i.e. no parameter names), or both.
Prefer using SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS_OFFSET() and SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS() over these
macros as they allow specifying argument types and names next to each other which is
less error-prone than first specifying all argument types followed by specifying all
argument names.
SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_ARGS()
Declare a D-Bus signal with the name member and arguments args. args expects a
sequence of argument type/name pairs wrapped in the SD_BUS_ARGS() macro. The elements
at even indices in this list describe the types of the signal's arguments. The
signal's parameter signature is the concatenation of all the string literals at even
indices in args. If a signal has no parameters, pass SD_BUS_NO_ARGS to args. The
elements at uneven indices describe the names of the signal's arguments. Parameter
flags is a combination of flags. See below for a complete example.
SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_NAMES(), SD_BUS_SIGNAL()
Declare a D-Bus signal with the name member, parameter signature signature, and
argument names names. names should be created using the SD_BUS_PARAM() macro, see
below. Parameter flags is a combination of flags, see below.
SD_BUS_SIGNAL() is equivalent to SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_NAMES() with the names parameter
unset (i.e. no parameter names).
Prefer using SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_ARGS() over these macros as it allows specifying
argument types and names next to each other which is less error-prone than first
specifying all argument types followed by specifying all argument names.
SD_BUS_WRITABLE_PROPERTY(), SD_BUS_PROPERTY()
Declare a D-Bus property with the name member and value signature signature.
Parameters get and set are the getter and setter methods. They are called with a
pointer that is the userdata parameter passed to the registration function offset by
offset bytes. This may be used pass pointers to different fields in the same data
structure to different setters and getters in the same vtable. Parameter flags is a
combination of flags, see below.
The setter and getter methods may be omitted (specified as NULL), if the property is
one of the basic types or "as" in case of read-only properties. In those cases, the
userdata and offset parameters must together point to a valid variable of the
corresponding type. A default setter and getter will be provided, which simply copy
the argument between this variable and the message.
SD_BUS_PROPERTY() is used to define a read-only property.
SD_BUS_PARAM()
Parameter names should be wrapped in this macro, see the example below.
Flags
The flags parameter is used to specify a combination of D-Bus annotations[1].
SD_BUS_VTABLE_DEPRECATED
Mark this vtable entry as deprecated using the org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated
annotation in introspection data. If specified for SD_BUS_VTABLE_START(), the
annotation is applied to the enclosing interface.
SD_BUS_VTABLE_HIDDEN
Make this vtable entry hidden. It will not be shown in introspection data. If
specified for SD_BUS_VTABLE_START(), all entries in the array are hidden.
SD_BUS_VTABLE_METHOD_NO_REPLY
Mark this vtable entry as a method that will not return a reply using the
org.freedesktop.DBus.Method.NoReply annotation in introspection data.
SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST, SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_CHANGE,
SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_INVALIDATION
Those three flags correspond to different values of the
org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal annotation, which specifies whether
the org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.PropertiesChanged signal is emitted whenever the
property changes. SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST corresponds to const and means that
the property never changes during the lifetime of the object it belongs to, so no
signal needs to be emitted. SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_CHANGE corresponds to true
and means that the signal is emitted. SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_INVALIDATION
corresponds to invalidates and means that the signal is emitted, but the value is not
included in the signal.
SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EXPLICIT
Mark this vtable property entry as requiring explicit request to for the value to be
shown (generally because the value is large or slow to calculate). This entry cannot
be combined with SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_CHANGE, and will not be shown in
property listings by default (e.g. busctl introspect). This corresponds to the
org.freedesktop.systemd1.Explicit annotation in introspection data.
SD_BUS_VTABLE_SENSITIVE
Mark this vtable method entry as processing sensitive data. When set, incoming method
call messages and their outgoing reply messages are marked as sensitive using
sd_bus_message_sensitive(3), so that they are erased from memory when freed.
SD_BUS_VTABLE_ABSOLUTE_OFFSET
Mark this vtable method or property entry so that the user data pointer passed to its
associated handler functions is determined slightly differently: instead of adding the
offset parameter of the entry to the user data pointer specified during vtable
registration, the offset is passed directly, converted to a pointer, without taking
the user data pointer specified during vtable registration into account.
SD_BUS_VTABLE_CAPABILITY(capability)
Access to this vtable entry will be allowed if the calling process has the capability
capability, as described in sd_bus_query_sender_privilege(3). If used for
SD_BUS_VTABLE_START(), provides a default for all entries in the array. If not
specified, either for an individual entry or the whole array, CAP_SYS_ADMIN is checked
by default. See capabilities(7) for information about capabilities.
Note that vtable entries may be marked as unprivileged and the whole bus may be marked
as trusted, see the discussion of SD_BUS_VTABLE_UNPRIVILEGED below.
SD_BUS_VTABLE_UNPRIVILEGED
Mark this vtable entry as unprivileged. Access to privileged entries is limited to
users with appropriate capabilities as described above. In practice many vtable
entries are marked as unprivileged, and either are open to everyone, or the decision
whether to allow access is taken later, e.g. by delegating to polkit[2].
The whole bus may be marked as trusted, in which case annotations at the entry level
are ignored, see sd_bus_set_trusted(3).
When not specified, the org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged annotation with value
"true" will be shown in introspection data.
Note that this page describes checks implemented in the D-Bus client. The D-Bus server
has an additional policy that may permit or deny connections, see "CONFIGURATION FILE"
in dbus-daemon(1).
EXAMPLES
Example 1. Create a simple listener on the bus
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
#define _cleanup_(f) __attribute__((cleanup(f)))
typedef struct object {
char *name;
uint32_t number;
} object;
static int method(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *error) {
int r;
printf("Got called with userdata=%p\n", userdata);
if (sd_bus_message_is_method_call(m,
"org.freedesktop.systemd.VtableExample",
"Method4"))
return 1;
const char *string;
r = sd_bus_message_read(m, "s", &string);
if (r < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "sd_bus_message_read() failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return 0;
}
r = sd_bus_reply_method_return(m, "s", string);
if (r < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "sd_bus_reply_method_return() failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return 0;
}
return 1;
}
static const sd_bus_vtable vtable[] = {
SD_BUS_VTABLE_START(0),
SD_BUS_METHOD(
"Method1", "s", "s", method, 0),
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_NAMES_OFFSET(
"Method2",
"so", SD_BUS_PARAM(string) SD_BUS_PARAM(path),
"s", SD_BUS_PARAM(returnstring),
method, offsetof(object, number),
SD_BUS_VTABLE_DEPRECATED),
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS_OFFSET(
"Method3",
SD_BUS_ARGS("s", string, "o", path),
SD_BUS_RESULT("s", returnstring),
method, offsetof(object, number),
SD_BUS_VTABLE_UNPRIVILEGED),
SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS(
"Method4",
SD_BUS_NO_ARGS,
SD_BUS_NO_RESULT,
method,
SD_BUS_VTABLE_UNPRIVILEGED),
SD_BUS_SIGNAL(
"Signal1",
"so",
0),
SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_NAMES(
"Signal2",
"so", SD_BUS_PARAM(string) SD_BUS_PARAM(path),
0),
SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_ARGS(
"Signal3",
SD_BUS_ARGS("s", string, "o", path),
0),
SD_BUS_WRITABLE_PROPERTY(
"AutomaticStringProperty", "s", NULL, NULL,
offsetof(object, name),
SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_CHANGE),
SD_BUS_WRITABLE_PROPERTY(
"AutomaticIntegerProperty", "u", NULL, NULL,
offsetof(object, number),
SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_INVALIDATION),
SD_BUS_VTABLE_END
};
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
_cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
int r;
sd_bus_default(&bus);
object object = { .number = 666 };
object.name = strdup("name");
if (!object.name) {
fprintf(stderr, "OOM\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
r = sd_bus_add_object_vtable(bus, NULL,
"/org/freedesktop/systemd/VtableExample",
"org.freedesktop.systemd.VtableExample",
vtable,
&object);
if (r < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "sd_bus_add_object_vtable() failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
r = sd_bus_request_name(bus,
"org.freedesktop.systemd.VtableExample",
0);
if (r < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "sd_bus_request_name() failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
for (;;) {
r = sd_bus_wait(bus, UINT64_MAX);
if (r < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "sd_bus_wait() failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
r = sd_bus_process(bus, NULL);
if (r < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "sd_bus_process() failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
}
r = sd_bus_release_name(bus, "org.freedesktop.systemd.VtableExample");
if (r < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "sd_bus_release_name() failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
free(object.name);
return 0;
}
This creates a simple client on the bus (the user bus, when run as normal user). We may
use the D-Bus org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable.Introspect call to acquire the XML
description of the interface:
<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN"
"https://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd">
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
<node>
<interface name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer">
<method name="Ping"/>
<method name="GetMachineId">
<arg type="s" name="machine_uuid" direction="out"/>
</method>
</interface>
<interface name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable">
<method name="Introspect">
<arg name="xml_data" type="s" direction="out"/>
</method>
</interface>
<interface name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties">
<method name="Get">
<arg name="interface_name" direction="in" type="s"/>
<arg name="property_name" direction="in" type="s"/>
<arg name="value" direction="out" type="v"/>
</method>
<method name="GetAll">
<arg name="interface_name" direction="in" type="s"/>
<arg name="props" direction="out" type="a{sv}"/>
</method>
<method name="Set">
<arg name="interface_name" direction="in" type="s"/>
<arg name="property_name" direction="in" type="s"/>
<arg name="value" direction="in" type="v"/>
</method>
<signal name="PropertiesChanged">
<arg type="s" name="interface_name"/>
<arg type="a{sv}" name="changed_properties"/>
<arg type="as" name="invalidated_properties"/>
</signal>
</interface>
<interface name="org.freedesktop.systemd.VtableExample">
<method name="Method1">
<arg type="s" direction="in"/>
<arg type="s" direction="out"/>
</method>
<method name="Method2">
<arg type="s" name="string" direction="in"/>
<arg type="o" name="path" direction="in"/>
<arg type="s" name="returnstring" direction="out"/>
<annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated" value="true"/>
</method>
<property name="AutomaticStringProperty" type="s" access="readwrite">
</property>
<property name="AutomaticIntegerProperty" type="u" access="readwrite">
<annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal" value="invalidates"/>
</property>
</interface>
</node>
RETURN VALUE
On success, sd_bus_add_object_vtable() and sd_bus_add_fallback_vtable() return a
non-negative integer. On failure, they return a negative errno-style error code.
Errors
Returned errors may indicate the following problems:
-EINVAL
One of the required parameters is NULL or invalid. A reserved D-Bus interface was
passed as the interface parameter.
-ENOPKG
The bus cannot be resolved.
-ECHILD
The bus was created in a different process, library or module instance.
-ENOMEM
Memory allocation failed.
-EPROTOTYPE
sd_bus_add_object_vtable() and sd_bus_add_fallback_vtable() have been both called for
the same bus object path, which is not allowed.
-EEXIST
This vtable has already been registered for this interface and path.
NOTES
Functions described here are available as a shared library, which can be compiled against
and linked to with the libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.
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.
HISTORY
sd_bus_property_get_t(), sd_bus_property_set_t(), sd_bus_object_find_t(),
sd_bus_add_object(), sd_bus_add_fallback(), sd_bus_add_object_vtable(),
sd_bus_add_fallback_vtable(), and sd_bus_add_filter() were added in version 221.
SEE ALSO
sd-bus(3), busctl(1), sd_bus_emit_properties_changed(3), sd_bus_emit_object_added(3)
NOTES
1. D-Bus annotations
https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#introspection-format
2. polkit
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/