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6<refentry id="sd_bus_get_n_queued_read">
7
8  <refentryinfo>
9    <title>sd_bus_get_fd</title>
10    <productname>systemd</productname>
11  </refentryinfo>
12
13  <refmeta>
14    <refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_n_queued_read</refentrytitle>
15    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
16  </refmeta>
17
18  <refnamediv>
19    <refname>sd_bus_get_n_queued_read</refname>
20    <refname>sd_bus_get_n_queued_write</refname>
21
22    <refpurpose>Get the number of pending bus messages in the read and write queues of a bus connection object</refpurpose>
23  </refnamediv>
24
25  <refsynopsisdiv>
26    <funcsynopsis>
27      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
28
29      <funcprototype>
30        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_n_queued_read</function></funcdef>
31        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
32        <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
33      </funcprototype>
34
35      <funcprototype>
36        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_n_queued_write</function></funcdef>
37        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
38        <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
39      </funcprototype>
40    </funcsynopsis>
41  </refsynopsisdiv>
42
43  <refsect1>
44    <title>Description</title>
45
46    <para>
47      <function>sd_bus_get_n_queued_read()</function> may be used to query the number of bus messages in the read queue
48      of a bus connection object. The read queue contains all messages read from the transport medium (e.g. network
49      socket) but not yet processed locally. The function expects two arguments: the bus object to query, and a pointer
50      to a 64bit counter variable to write the current queue size to. Use <function>sd_bus_process()</function> in
51      order to process queued messages, i.e. to reduce the size of the read queue (as well as, in fact, the write
52      queue, see below).
53    </para>
54
55    <para>
56      Similarly, <function>sd_bus_get_n_queued_write()</function> may be used to query the number of currently pending
57      bus messages in the write queue of a bus connection object. The write queue contains all messages enqueued into
58      the connection with a call such as <function>sd_bus_send()</function> but not yet written to the transport
59      medium. The expected arguments are similar to <function>sd_bus_get_n_queued_read()</function>. Here too, use
60      <function>sd_bus_process()</function> to reduce the size of the write queue. Alternatively, use
61      <function>sd_bus_flush()</function> to synchronously write out any pending bus messages until the write queue is
62      empty.
63    </para>
64  </refsect1>
65
66  <refsect1>
67    <title>Return Value</title>
68
69    <para>On success, these functions return 0 or a positive integer. On failure, they return a negative errno-style
70    error code.</para>
71
72    <refsect2>
73      <title>Errors</title>
74
75      <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
76
77      <variablelist>
78        <varlistentry>
79          <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
80
81          <listitem><para>The bus connection was created in a different process.</para></listitem>
82        </varlistentry>
83
84      </variablelist>
85    </refsect2>
86  </refsect1>
87
88  <refsect1>
89    <title>See Also</title>
90
91    <para>
92      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
93      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
94      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_process</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
95      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
96      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_flush</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
97    </para>
98  </refsect1>
99
100</refentry>
101