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6<refentry id="sd-id128"
7  xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
8
9  <refentryinfo>
10    <title>sd-id128</title>
11    <productname>systemd</productname>
12  </refentryinfo>
13
14  <refmeta>
15    <refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle>
16    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
17  </refmeta>
18
19  <refnamediv>
20    <refname>sd-id128</refname>
21    <refname>SD_ID128_ALLF</refname>
22    <refname>SD_ID128_CONST_STR</refname>
23    <refname>SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR</refname>
24    <refname>SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL</refname>
25    <refname>SD_ID128_MAKE</refname>
26    <refname>SD_ID128_MAKE_STR</refname>
27    <refname>SD_ID128_MAKE_UUID_STR</refname>
28    <refname>SD_ID128_NULL</refname>
29    <refname>SD_ID128_UUID_FORMAT_STR</refname>
30    <refname>sd_id128_equal</refname>
31    <refname>sd_id128_in_set</refname>
32    <refname>sd_id128_in_set_sentinel</refname>
33    <refname>sd_id128_in_setv</refname>
34    <refname>sd_id128_is_allf</refname>
35    <refname>sd_id128_is_null</refname>
36    <refname>sd_id128_t</refname>
37    <refpurpose>APIs for processing 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
38  </refnamediv>
39
40  <refsynopsisdiv>
41    <funcsynopsis>
42      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-id128.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
43    </funcsynopsis>
44
45    <cmdsynopsis>
46      <command>pkg-config --cflags --libs libsystemd</command>
47    </cmdsynopsis>
48
49  </refsynopsisdiv>
50
51  <refsect1>
52    <title>Description</title>
53
54    <para><filename>sd-id128.h</filename> provides APIs to process and generate 128-bit ID values. The
55    128-bit ID values processed and generated by these APIs are a generalization of OSF UUIDs as defined by
56    <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122">RFC 4122</ulink> but use a simpler string format. These
57    functions impose no structure on the used IDs, much unlike OSF UUIDs or Microsoft GUIDs, but are mostly
58    compatible with those types of IDs.
59    </para>
60
61    <para>See
62    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_to_string</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
63    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
64    and
65    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
66    for more information about the implemented functions.</para>
67
68    <para>A 128-bit ID is implemented as the following
69    union type:</para>
70
71    <programlisting>typedef union sd_id128 {
72  uint8_t bytes[16];
73  uint64_t qwords[2];
74} sd_id128_t;</programlisting>
75
76    <para>This union type allows accessing the 128-bit ID as 16
77    separate bytes or two 64-bit words. It is generally safer to
78    access the ID components by their 8-bit array to avoid endianness
79    issues. This union is intended to be passed call-by-value (as
80    opposed to call-by-reference) and may be directly manipulated by
81    clients.</para>
82
83    <para>A couple of macros are defined to denote and decode 128-bit
84    IDs:</para>
85
86    <para><function>SD_ID128_MAKE()</function> may be used to denote a
87    constant 128-bit ID in source code. A commonly used idiom is to
88    assign a name to a 128-bit ID using this macro:</para>
89
90    <programlisting>#define SD_MESSAGE_COREDUMP SD_ID128_MAKE(fc,2e,22,bc,6e,e6,47,b6,b9,07,29,ab,34,a2,50,b1)</programlisting>
91
92    <para><constant>SD_ID128_NULL</constant> may be used to refer to the 128-bit ID consisting of only
93    <constant>NUL</constant> bytes (i.e. all bits off).</para>
94
95    <para><constant>SD_ID128_ALLF</constant> may be used to refer to the 128-bit ID consisting of only
96    <constant>0xFF</constant> bytes (i.e. all bits on).</para>
97
98    <para><function>SD_ID128_MAKE_STR()</function> is similar to <function>SD_ID128_MAKE()</function>, but creates a
99    <type>const char*</type> expression that can be conveniently used in message formats and such:</para>
100
101    <programlisting>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
102#define SD_MESSAGE_COREDUMP_STR SD_ID128_MAKE_STR(fc,2e,22,bc,6e,e6,47,b6,b9,07,29,ab,34,a2,50,b1)
103
104int main(int argc, char **argv) {
105  puts("Match for coredumps: MESSAGE_ID=" SD_MESSAGE_COREDUMP_STR);
106}</programlisting>
107
108    <para><function>SD_ID128_CONST_STR()</function> may be used to
109    convert constant 128-bit IDs into constant strings for output. The
110    following example code will output the string
111    "fc2e22bc6ee647b6b90729ab34a250b1":</para>
112    <programlisting>int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
113  puts("Match for coredumps: %s", SD_ID128_CONST_STR(SD_MESSAGE_COREDUMP));
114}</programlisting>
115
116    <para><constant>SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR</constant> and <function>SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL()</function> may
117    be used to format a 128-bit ID in a
118    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>printf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
119    format string, as shown in the following example:</para>
120
121    <programlisting>int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
122  sd_id128_t id;
123  id = SD_ID128_MAKE(ee,89,be,71,bd,6e,43,d6,91,e6,c5,5d,eb,03,02,07);
124  printf("The ID encoded in this C file is " SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR ".\n", SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL(id));
125  return 0;
126}</programlisting>
127
128    <para><constant>SD_ID128_UUID_FORMAT_STR</constant> and <function>SD_ID128_MAKE_UUID_STR()</function>
129    are similar to
130    <constant>SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR</constant> and <function>SD_ID128_MAKE_STR()</function>,
131    but include separating hyphens to conform to the
132    "<ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Format">canonical representation</ulink>".
133    They format the string based on <ulink
134    url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122">RFC4122</ulink> Variant 1 rules, i.e. converting from Big
135    Endian byte order. This matches behaviour of most other Linux userspace infrastructure. It's probably
136    best to avoid UUIDs of other variants, in order to avoid unnecessary ambiguities. All 128-bit IDs
137    generated by the sd-id128 APIs strictly conform to Variant 1 Version 4 UUIDs, as per RFC 4122.</para>
138
139    <para>Use <function>sd_id128_equal()</function> to compare two 128-bit IDs:</para>
140
141    <programlisting>int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
142  sd_id128_t a, b, c;
143  a = SD_ID128_MAKE(ee,89,be,71,bd,6e,43,d6,91,e6,c5,5d,eb,03,02,07);
144  b = SD_ID128_MAKE(f2,28,88,9c,5f,09,44,15,9d,d7,04,77,58,cb,e7,3e);
145  c = a;
146  assert(sd_id128_equal(a, c));
147  assert(!sd_id128_equal(a, b));
148  return 0;
149}</programlisting>
150
151    <para>Use <function>sd_id128_is_null()</function> to check if an 128-bit ID consists of only
152    <constant>NUL</constant> bytes:</para>
153
154    <programlisting>assert(sd_id128_is_null(SD_ID128_NULL));</programlisting>
155
156    <para>Similarly, use <function>sd_id128_is_allf()</function> to check if an 128-bit ID consists of only
157    <constant>0xFF</constant> bytes (all bits on):</para>
158
159    <programlisting>assert(sd_id128_is_allf(SD_ID128_ALLF));</programlisting>
160
161    <para>For convenience, <function>sd_id128_in_set()</function> takes a list of IDs and
162    returns true if any are equal to the first argument:</para>
163
164    <programlisting>int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
165  sd_id12_t a = SD_ID128_MAKE(ee,89,be,71,bd,6e,43,d6,91,e6,c5,5d,eb,03,02,07);
166  assert(sd_id128_in_set(a, a));
167  assert(sd_id128_in_set(a, a, a));
168  assert(!sd_id128_in_set(a));
169  assert(!sd_id128_in_set(a,
170                          SD_ID128_MAKE(f2,28,88,9c,5f,09,44,15,9d,d7,04,77,58,cb,e7,3e)
171                          SD_ID128_MAKE(2f,88,28,5f,9c,44,09,9d,d7,15,77,04,bc,85,7e,e3)
172                          SD_ID128_ALLF));
173  return 0;
174}
175</programlisting>
176
177    <para><function>sd_id128_in_set()</function> is defined as a macro over
178    <function>sd_id128_in_set_sentinel()</function>, adding the <constant>SD_ID128_NULL</constant>
179    sentinel. Since <function>sd_id128_in_set_sentinel()</function> uses <constant>SD_ID128_NULL</constant>
180    as the sentinel, <constant>SD_ID128_NULL</constant> cannot be otherwise placed in the argument list.
181    </para>
182
183    <para><function>sd_id128_in_setv()</function> is similar to
184    <function>sd_id128_in_set_sentinel()</function>, but takes a <structname>struct varargs</structname>
185    argument.</para>
186
187    <para>Note that new, randomized IDs may be generated with
188    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
189    <command>new</command> command.</para>
190  </refsect1>
191
192  <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
193
194  <refsect1>
195    <title>See Also</title>
196    <para>
197      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
198      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_to_string</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
199      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
200      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
201      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>printf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
202      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
203      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
204      <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
205      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
206    </para>
207  </refsect1>
208
209</refentry>
210