NAME

       udev_new, udev_ref, udev_unref - Create, acquire and release a udev context object

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libudev.h>

       struct udev *udev_new(void);

       struct udev *udev_ref(struct udev *udev);

       struct udev *udev_unref(struct udev *udev);

DESCRIPTION

       udev_new() allocates a new udev context object and returns a pointer to it. This object is opaque and
       must not be accessed by the caller via different means than functions provided by libudev. Initially, the
       reference count of the context is 1. You can acquire further references, and drop gained references via
       udev_ref() and udev_unref(). Once the reference count hits 0, the context object is destroyed and freed.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, udev_new() returns a pointer to the allocated udev context. On failure, NULL is returned.
       udev_ref() returns the argument that it was passed, unmodified.  udev_unref() always returns NULL.

HISTORY

       udev_new(), udev_ref(), and udev_unref() were added in version 221.

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1),