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 DI_DEVLINK_INIT 3DEVINFO "Jul 21, 2008"
 NAME
di_devlink_init, di_devlink_fini - create and destroy a snapshot of devlinks
 SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -ldevinfo [ library... ]
#include <libdevinfo.h>

di_devlink_handle_t di_devlink_init(const char *name,
 uint_t flags);


int di_devlink_fini(di_devlink_handle_t *hdlp);


 PARAMETERS
flags

The following values are supported:
DI_MAKE_LINK

Synchronize with devlink management before taking the snapshot. The name
argument determines which devlink management activities must complete before
taking a devlink snapshot. Appropriate privileges are required to use this
flag.


name

If flags is DI_MAKE_LINK, name determines which devlink management
activity must complete prior to snapshot.


If name is NULL then all devlink management activities must
complete. The devlink snapshot returned accurately reflects the entire kernel
device tree.


If name is a driver name, devlink management activities associated with
nodes bound to that driver must complete.


If name is a path to a node in the kernel device tree (no
"/devices" prefix), devlink management activities below node must
complete.


If name is a path to a minor node in the kernel device tree (no
"/devices"prefix), devlink management activities on that minor node must
complete.


hdlp

The handle to the snapshot obtained by calling di_devlink_init().


 DESCRIPTION

System management applications often need to map a "/devices" path to a
minor node to a public "/dev" device name. The di_devlink_*()
functions provide an efficient way to accomplish this.

The di_devlink_init() function takes a snapshot of devlinks and returns a
handle to this snapshot.

The di_devlink_fini() function destroys the devlink snapshot and frees
the associated memory.
 RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, di_devlink_init() returns a handle to a
devlink snapshot. Otherwise, DI_LINK_NIL is returned and errno is
set to indicate the error.

Upon successful completion, di_devlink_fini() returns 0. Otherwise, -1 is
returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
 ERRORS

The di_devlink_init() function will fail if:
EINVAL

One or more arguments is invalid.


The di_devlink_init() function with DI_MAKE_LINK can also fail if:
EPERM

The user does no have appropriate privileges.


The di_devlink_init() function can set errno to any error value
that can also be set by malloc(3C), open(2), ioctl(2), or
mmap(2).
 ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Committed
MT-Level Safe


 SEE ALSO

 ioctl (2),  mmap (2),  open (2),  malloc (3C),  di_devlink_path (3DEVINFO),  di_devlink_walk (3DEVINFO),  libdevinfo (3LIB),  attributes (7)