systemd/man/sd_journal_query_unique.xml
Lennart Poettering 64a7ef8bc0 man: be more explicit about thread safety of sd_journal
Triggered by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1609349

This adds two generic paragaphs we include via xinclude. One is the
"strict" version, which contains wording saying that we are thread
agnostic and what that means. And the other is the "safe" version, for
the cases we provide fully safety.

Let's then change most man pages to use either of these generic
paragraphs. With one exception: man/sd_journal_get_catalog.xml contains
both kinds of function, we hence use manual wording.
2018-08-03 17:36:11 +02:00

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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<!--
SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
-->
<refentry id="sd_journal_query_unique" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_journal_query_unique</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sd_journal_query_unique</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_journal_query_unique</refname>
<refname>sd_journal_enumerate_unique</refname>
<refname>sd_journal_restart_unique</refname>
<refname>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE</refname>
<refpurpose>Read unique data fields from the journal</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_query_unique</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const char *<parameter>field</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const void **<parameter>data</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>size_t *<parameter>length</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>sd_journal_restart_unique</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef><function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const void *<parameter>data</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>size_t <parameter>length</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function> queries the
journal for all unique values the specified field can take. It
takes two arguments: the journal to query and the field name to
look for. Well-known field names are listed on
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
Field names must be specified without a trailing '='. After this
function has been executed successfully the field values may be
queried using <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>.
Invoking this call a second time will change the field name being
queried and reset the enumeration index to the first field value
that matches.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function> may be
used to iterate through all data fields which match the previously
selected field name as set with
<function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function>. On each invocation
the next field data matching the field name is returned. The order
of the returned data fields is not defined. It takes three
arguments: the journal context object, plus a pair of pointers to
pointer/size variables where the data object and its size shall be
stored in. The returned data is in a read-only memory map and is
only valid until the next invocation of
<function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>. Note that the
data returned will be prefixed with the field name and '='. Note
that this call is subject to the data field size threshold as
controlled by
<function>sd_journal_set_data_threshold()</function>.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_restart_unique()</function> resets the
data enumeration index to the beginning of the list. The next
invocation of <function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>
will return the first field data matching the field name
again.</para>
<para>Note that the
<function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE()</function> macro may be used
as a handy wrapper around
<function>sd_journal_restart_unique()</function> and
<function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function>.</para>
<para>Note that these functions currently are not influenced by
matches set with <function>sd_journal_add_match()</function> but
this might change in a later version of this software.</para>
<para>To enumerate all field names currently in use (and thus all suitable field parameters for
<function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function>), use the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_enumerate_fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
call.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para><function>sd_journal_query_unique()</function> returns 0 on
success or a negative errno-style error code.
<function>sd_journal_enumerate_unique()</function> returns a
positive integer if the next field data has been read, 0 when no
more fields are known, or a negative errno-style error code.
<function>sd_journal_restart_unique()</function> returns
nothing.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<xi:include href="threads-aware.xml" xpointer="strict"/>
<xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" xpointer="pkgconfig-text"/>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>Use the <function>SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE</function> macro
to iterate through all values a field of the journal can take. The
following example lists all unit names referenced in the
journal:</para>
<programlisting><xi:include href="journal-iterate-unique.c" parse="text" /></programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_enumerate_fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>