man/man9f/ddi_log_sysevent.9f

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 DDI_LOG_SYSEVENT 9F "Jan 16, 2006"
 NAME
ddi_log_sysevent - log system event for drivers
 SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>


int ddi_log_sysevent(dev_info_t *dip, char *vendor,
 char *class, char *subclass, nvlist_t *attr_list,
 sysevent_id_t *eidp, int sleep_flag);


 INTERFACE LEVEL
illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI).
 PARAMETERS
dip

A pointer to the dev_info node for this driver.


vendor

A pointer to a string defining the vendor. Third-party drivers should use their
company's stock symbol (or similarly enduring identifier). Sun-supplied drivers
should use DDI_VENDOR_SUNW.


class

A pointer to a string defining the event class.


subclass

A pointer to a string defining the event subclass.


attr_list

A pointer to an nvlist_t, listing the name-value attributes associated
with the event or NULL if there are no such attributes for this event.


eidp

The address of a sysevent_id_t structure in which the event's sequence
number and timestamp are returned if the event is successfully queued. May be
NULL if this information is not of interest. See below for the definition of
sysevent_id_t.


sleep_flag

Indicates how a caller wants to handle the possibility of resources not being
available. If sleep_flag is DDI_NOSLEEP, the caller does not care
if the allocation fails or the queue is full and can handle a failure
appropriately. If sleep_flag is DDI_SLEEP, the caller wishes to
have the allocation and queuing routines wait for resources to become
available.


 DESCRIPTION
The ddi_log_sysevent() function causes a system event, of the specified
class and subclass, to be generated on behalf of the driver and queued for
delivery to syseventd, the user-land sysevent daemon.

The publisher string for the event is constructed using the vendor name and
driver name, with the format:
"<vendor>:kern:<driver-name>"


The two fields of eidp, eid_seq and eid_ts, are sufficient to
uniquely identify an event.
 STRUCTURE MEMBERS
The structure members of sysevent_id_t are:
 uint64_t eid_seq; /* sysevent sequence number */
 hrtime_t eid_ts; /* sysevent timestamp */


 RETURN VALUES
The ddi_log_sysevent() function returns:
DDI_SUCCESS

The event has been queued for delivery successfully.


DDI_ENOMEM

There is not enough memory to queue the system event at this time.
DDI_ENOMEM cannot be returned when sleep_flag is DDI_SLEEP.


DDI_EBUSY

The system event queue is full at this time. DDI_EBUSY cannot be returned
when sleep_flag is DDI_SLEEP.


DDI_ETRANSPORT

The syseventd daemon is not responding and events cannot be queued or
delivered at this time. DDI_ETRANSPORT can be returned even when
sleep_flag is DDI_SLEEP.


DDI_ECONTEXT

sleep_flag is DDI_SLEEP and the driver is running in interrupt context.


ddi_log_sysevent supports the following data types:

DATA_TYPE_BYTE

DATA_TYPE_INT16

DATA_TYPE_UINT16

DATA_TYPE_INT32

DATA_TYPE_UINT32

DATA_TYPE_INT64

DATA_TYPE_UINT64

DATA_TYPE_STRING

DATA_TYPE_BYTE_ARRAY

DATA_TYPE_INT16_ARRAY

DATA_TYPE_UINT16_ARRAY

DATA_TYPE_INT32_ARRAY

DATA_TYPE_UINT32_ARRAY

DATA_TYPE_INT64_ARRAY

DATA_TYPE_UINT64_ARRAY
 CONTEXT
The ddi_log_sysevent() function can be called from user, interrupt, or
kernel context, except when sleep_flag is DDI_SLEEP, in which case
it cannot be called from interrupt context.
 EXAMPLES
Example 1 Logging System Event with No Attributes
 if (ddi_log_sysevent(dip, DDI_VENDOR_SUNW, "class", "subclass",
 NULL, NULL, DDI_SLEEP) != DDI_SUCCESS) {
 cmn_err(CE_WARN, "error logging system event\en");
 }


Example 2 Logging System Event with Two Name/Value Attributes, an Integer
and a String
nvlist_t *attr_list;
sysevent_id_t eid;

if (nvlist_alloc(&attr_list, NV_UNIQUE_NAME_TYPE, KM_SLEEP) == 0)
{
 err = nvlist_add_uint32(attr_list, int_name, int_value);
 if (err == 0)
 err = nvlist_add_string(attr_list, str_name, str_value);
 if (err == 0)
 err = ddi_log_sysevent(dip, DDI_VENDOR_SUNW,
 "class", "subclass", attr_list, &eid, DDI_SLEEP);
 if (err != DDI_SUCCESS)
 cmn_err(CE_WARN, "error logging system event\en");
 nvlist_free(attr_list);
 }


Example 3 Use Timeout to Handle nvlist and System Event Resource
Allocation Failures

Since no blocking calls are made, this example would be useable from a driver
needing to generate an event from interrupt context.

static int
 xx_se_timeout_handler(xx_state_t *xx)
 {
 xx->xx_timeoutid = (xx_generate_event(xx) ?
 timeout(xx_se_timeout_handler, xx, 4) : 0);
 }

 static int
 xx_generate_event(xx_state_t *xx)
 {
 int err;

 err = nvlist_alloc(&xx->xx_ev_attrlist, NV_UNIQUE_NAME_TYPE, 0);
 if (err != 0)
 return (1);
 err = nvlist_add_uint32(&xx->xx_ev_attrlist,
 xx->xx_ev_name, xx->xx_ev_value);
 if (err != 0) {
 nvlist_free(xx->xx_ev_attrlist);
 return(1);
 }

 err = ddi_log_sysevent(xx->xx_dip, DDI_VENDOR_SUNW,
 xx->xx_ev_class, xx->xx_ev_sbclass,
 xx->xx_ev_attrlist, NULL, DDI_NOSLEEP);
 nvlist_free(xx->xx_ev_attrlist);
 if (err == DDI_SUCCESS || err == DDI_ETRANSPORT) {
 if (err == DDI_ETRANSPORT)
 cmn_err(CE_WARN, "cannot log system event\en");
 return (0);
 }
 return (1);
 }


 SEE ALSO
 attributes (7),  syseventd (8),  nvlist_add_boolean (9F),  nvlist_alloc (9F)
Writing Device Drivers