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6<refentry id="sd_event_source_set_ratelimit" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
7
8  <refentryinfo>
9    <title>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit</title>
10    <productname>systemd</productname>
11  </refentryinfo>
12
13  <refmeta>
14    <refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit</refentrytitle>
15    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
16  </refmeta>
17
18  <refnamediv>
19    <refname>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit</refname>
20    <refname>sd_event_source_get_ratelimit</refname>
21    <refname>sd_event_source_is_ratelimited</refname>
22    <refname>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit_expire_callback</refname>
23
24    <refpurpose>Configure rate limiting on event sources</refpurpose>
25  </refnamediv>
26
27  <refsynopsisdiv>
28    <funcsynopsis>
29      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-event.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
30
31      <funcprototype>
32        <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit</function></funcdef>
33        <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
34        <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>interval_usec</parameter></paramdef>
35        <paramdef>unsigned <parameter>burst</parameter></paramdef>
36      </funcprototype>
37
38      <funcprototype>
39        <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_source_get_ratelimit</function></funcdef>
40        <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
41        <paramdef>uint64_t* <parameter>ret_interval_usec</parameter></paramdef>
42        <paramdef>unsigned* <parameter>ret_burst</parameter></paramdef>
43      </funcprototype>
44
45      <funcprototype>
46        <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_source_is_ratelimited</function></funcdef>
47        <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
48      </funcprototype>
49
50      <funcprototype>
51        <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit_expire_callback</function></funcdef>
52        <paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
53        <paramdef>sd_event_handler_t<parameter>callback</parameter></paramdef>
54      </funcprototype>
55
56    </funcsynopsis>
57  </refsynopsisdiv>
58
59  <refsect1>
60    <title>Description</title>
61
62    <para><function>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit()</function> may be used to enforce rate limiting on an
63    event source. When used an event source will be temporarily turned off when it fires more often then a
64    specified burst number within a specified time interval. This is useful as simple mechanism to avoid
65    event source starvation if high priority event sources fire very frequently.</para>
66
67    <para>Pass the event source to operate on as first argument, a time interval in microseconds as second
68    argument and a maximum dispatch limit ("burst") as third parameter. Whenever the event source is
69    dispatched more often than the specified burst within the specified interval it is placed in a mode
70    similar to being disabled with
71    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
72    and the <constant>SD_EVENT_OFF</constant> parameter. However it is disabled only temporarily – once the
73    specified interval is over regular operation resumes. It is again disabled temporarily once the specified rate
74    limiting is hit the next time. If either the interval or the burst value are specified as zero, rate
75    limiting is turned off. By default event sources do not have rate limiting enabled. Note that rate
76    limiting and disabling via <function>sd_event_source_set_enabled()</function> are independent of each
77    other, and an event source will only effect event loop wake-ups and is dispatched while it both is
78    enabled and rate limiting is not in effect.</para>
79
80    <para><function>sd_event_source_get_ratelimit()</function> may be used to query the current rate limiting
81    parameters set on the event source object <parameter>source</parameter>. The previously set interval and
82    burst vales are returned in the second and third argument.</para>
83
84    <para><function>sd_event_source_is_ratelimited()</function> may be used to query whether the event source
85    is currently affected by rate limiting, i.e. it has recently hit the rate limit and is currently
86    temporarily disabled due to that.</para>
87
88    <para><function>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit_expire_callback</function> may be used to set a callback
89    function that is invoked every time the event source leaves rate limited state. Note that function is
90    called in the same event loop iteration in which state transition occurred.</para>
91
92    <para>Rate limiting is currently implemented for I/O, timer, signal, defer and inotify event
93    sources.</para>
94  </refsect1>
95
96  <refsect1>
97    <title>Return Value</title>
98
99    <para>On success, <function>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit()</function>,
100    <function>sd_event_source_set_ratelimit_expire_callback</function> and
101    <function>sd_event_source_get_ratelimit()</function> return a non-negative integer. On failure, they return
102    a negative errno-style error code. <function>sd_event_source_is_ratelimited</function> returns zero if rate
103    limiting is currently not in effect and greater than zero if it is in effect; it returns a negative
104    errno-style error code on failure.</para>
105
106    <refsect2>
107      <title>Errors</title>
108
109      <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
110
111      <variablelist>
112        <varlistentry>
113          <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
114
115          <listitem><para><parameter>source</parameter> is not a valid pointer to an
116          <structname>sd_event_source</structname> object.
117          </para></listitem>
118        </varlistentry>
119
120        <varlistentry>
121          <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
122
123          <listitem><para>The event loop has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
124        </varlistentry>
125
126        <varlistentry>
127          <term><constant>-EDOM</constant></term>
128
129          <listitem><para>It was attempted to use the rate limiting feature on an event source type that does
130          not support rate limiting.</para></listitem>
131        </varlistentry>
132
133        <varlistentry>
134          <term><constant>-ENOEXEC</constant></term>
135
136          <listitem><para><function>sd_event_source_get_ratelimit()</function> was called on an event source
137          that doesn't have rate limiting configured.</para></listitem>
138        </varlistentry>
139
140      </variablelist>
141    </refsect2>
142  </refsect1>
143
144  <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
145
146  <refsect1>
147    <title>See Also</title>
148
149    <para>
150      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
151      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
152      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
153      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
154      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
155      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
156      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
157    </para>
158  </refsect1>
159
160</refentry>
161