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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd November 23, 2004 .Dt EVENTHANDLER 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm EVENTHANDLER .Nd kernel event handling functions .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/eventhandler.h .Fn EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE name type .Fn EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE name ... .Ft eventhandler_tag .Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER name func arg priority .Fn EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER name tag .Ft eventhandler_tag .Fo eventhandler_register .Fa "struct eventhandler_list *list" .Fa "const char *name" .Fa "void *func" .Fa "void *arg" .Fa "int priority" .Fc .Ft void .Fo eventhandler_deregister .Fa "struct eventhandler_list *list" .Fa "eventhandler_tag tag" .Fc .Ft "struct eventhandler_list *" .Fn eventhandler_find_list "const char *name" .Ft void .Fn eventhandler_prune_list "struct eventhandler_list *list" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm mechanism provides a way for kernel subsystems to register interest in kernel events and have their callback functions invoked when these events occur. .Pp The normal way to use this subsystem is via the macro interface. .Pp The macro .Fn EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE declares an event handler named by argument .Fa name with callback functions of type .Fa type . .Pp The macro .Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER registers a callback function .Fa func with event handler .Fa name . When invoked, function .Fa func will be invoked with argument .Fa arg as its first parameter along with any additional parameters passed in via macro .Fn EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE (see below). Callback functions are invoked in order of priority. The relative priority of this callback among other callbacks associated with this event is given by argument .Fa priority , which is an integer ranging from .Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_FIRST (highest priority), to .Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_LAST (lowest priority). The symbol .Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_ANY may be used if the handler does not have a specific priority associated with it. If registration is successful, .Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER returns a cookie of type .Vt eventhandler_tag . .Pp The macro .Fn EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER removes a previously registered callback associated with tag .Fa tag from the event handler named by argument .Fa name . .Pp The macro .Fn EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE is used to invoke all the callbacks associated with event handler .Fa name . This macro is a variadic one. Additional arguments to the macro after the .Fa name parameter are passed as the second and subsequent arguments to each registered callback function. .Pp The macros are implemented using the following functions: .Pp The function .Fn eventhandler_register is used to register a callback with a given event. The argument .Fa list is pointer to an existing event handler list, or .Dv NULL . If argument .Fa list is .Dv NULL , the event handler list corresponding to argument .Fa name is used. Argument .Fa func is a pointer to a callback function. Argument .Fa arg is a passed in to callback function .Fa func as its first argument when it is invoked. Argument .Fa priority ranges from .Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_FIRST to .Dv EVENTHANDLER_PRI_LAST , and determines the relative priority of this callback among all the callbacks registered for this event. .Pp Function .Fn eventhandler_deregister removes the callback associated with tag .Fa tag from the event handler list pointed to by .Fa list . This function is safe to call from inside an event handler callback. .Pp Function .Fn eventhandler_find_list returns a pointer to event handler list structure corresponding to event .Fa name . .Pp Function .Fn eventhandler_prune_list removes all deregistered callbacks from the event list .Fa list . .Ss Kernel Event Handlers The following event handlers are present in the kernel: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Vt acpi_sleep_event Callbacks invoked when the system is being sent to sleep. .It Vt acpi_wakeup_event Callbacks invoked when the system is being woken up. .It Vt dev_clone Callbacks invoked when a new entry is created under .Pa /dev . .It Vt ifaddr_event Callbacks invoked when an address is set up on a network interface. .It Vt if_clone_event Callbacks invoked when an interface is cloned. .It Vt ifnet_arrival_event Callbacks invoked when a new network interface appears. .It Vt ifnet_departure_event Callbacks invoked when a network interface is taken down. .It Vt power_profile_change Callbacks invoked when the power profile of the system changes. .It Vt process_exec Callbacks invoked when a process performs an .Fn exec operation. .It Vt process_exit Callbacks invoked when a process exits. .It Vt process_fork Callbacks invoked when a process forks a child. .It Vt shutdown_pre_sync Callbacks invoked at shutdown time, before file systems are synchronized. .It Vt shutdown_post_sync Callbacks invoked at shutdown time, after all file systems are synchronized. .It Vt shutdown_final Callbacks invoked just before halting the system. .It Vt vm_lowmem Callbacks invoked when virtual memory is low. .It Vt watchdog_list Callbacks invoked when the system watchdog timer is reinitialized. .El .Sh RETURN VALUES The macro .Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER and function .Fn eventhandler_register return a cookie of type .Vt eventhandler_tag , which may be used in a subsequent call to .Fn EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER or .Fn eventhandler_deregister . .Pp Function .Fn eventhandler_find_list returns a pointer to an event handler list corresponding to parameter .Fa name , or .Dv NULL if no such list was found. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm facility first appeared in .Fx 4.0 . .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Joseph Koshy Aq jkoshy@FreeBSD.org .