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+
+<refentry id="sd_event_run" conditional="ENABLE_KDBUS">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>sd_event_run</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Tom</firstname>
+ <surname>Gundersen</surname>
+ <email>teg@jklm.no</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>sd_event_run</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>sd_event_run</refname>
+ <refname>sd_event_loop</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Run libsystemd event loop</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-event.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_run</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_event *<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>timeout</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_event_loop</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_event *<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><function>sd_event_run()</function> can be used to run one
+ iteration of the event loop of libsystemd. This function waits
+ until an event to process is available and dispatches a handler
+ for it. Parameter <parameter>timeout</parameter> specifices the
+ maximum time (in microseconds) to wait. <constant>(uint64_t)
+ -1</constant> may be used to specify an infinite timeout.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_event_loop</function> runs
+ <function>sd_event_wait</function> in a loop with a timeout of
+ infinity. This makes it suitable for the main event loop of a
+ program.</para>
+
+ <para>The event loop object <parameter>event</parameter> is
+ created with
+ <function>sd_event_new</function>.
+ Events to wait for and their handlers can be registered with
+ <function>sd_event_add_time</function>,
+ <function>sd_event_add_child</function>,
+ <function>sd_event_add_signal</function>,
+ <function>sd_event_add_defer</function>,
+ <function>sd_event_add_exit</function>,
+ and
+ <function>sd_event_add_post</function>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>For more fine-grained control,
+ <function>sd_event_prepare</function>,
+ <function>sd_event_wait</function>, and
+ <function>sd_event_dispatch</function> may be used. Along with
+ <function>sd_event_get_fd</function>, those functions make it
+ possible to integrate the libsystemd loop inside of another event
+ loop.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Return Value</title>
+
+ <para>On success, these functions return 0 or a positive integer.
+ On failure, they return a negative errno-style error code.
+ <function>sd_event_run</function> returns 0 if the event loop is
+ finished, and a positive value if it can be continued.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Errors</title>
+
+ <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Parameter <parameter>event</parameter> is
+ <constant>NULL</constant>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-EBUSY</constant></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The event loop object is not in the right
+ state (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_prepare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for an explanation of possible states).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-ESTALE</constant></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The event loop is already terminated.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The event loop has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Other errors are possible too.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para><function>sd_event_run()</function> and
+ <function>sd_event_loop()</function> are available
+ as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
+ <constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ file.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_wait</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_post</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>