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EVENTHANDLER(9)       DragonFly Kernel Developer's Manual      EVENTHANDLER(9)
NAME
     EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE, EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE, EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER,
     EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER, eventhandler_register, eventhandler_deregister,
     eventhandler_find_list -- kernel event handling functions
SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/eventhandler.h>
     EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE(name, type);
     EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(name, ...);
     eventhandler_tag
     EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(name, func, arg, priority);
     EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER(name, tag);
     eventhandler_tag
     eventhandler_register(struct eventhandler_list *list, const char *name,
         void *func, void *arg, int priority);
     void
     eventhandler_deregister(struct eventhandler_list *list,
         eventhandler_tag tag);
     struct eventhandler_list *
     eventhandler_find_list(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
     The EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE mechanism provides a way for kernel subsystems
     to register interest in kernel events and have their callback functions
     invoked when these events occur.
     The normal way to use this subsystem is via the macro interface.  The
     macros that can be used for working with event handlers and callback
     function lists are:
     EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE()
             This macro declares an event handler named by argument name with
             callback functions of type type.
     EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER()
             This macro registers a callback function func with event handler
             name.  When invoked, function func will be invoked with argument
             arg as its first parameter along with any additional parameters
             passed in via macro EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE() (see below).  Callback
             functions are invoked in order of priority.  The relative
             priority of each callback among other callbacks associated with
             an event is given by argument priority, which is an integer
             ranging from EVENTHANDLER_PRI_FIRST (highest priority), to
             EVENTHANDLER_PRI_LAST (lowest priority).  The symbol
             EVENTHANDLER_PRI_ANY may be used if the handler does not have a
             specific priority associated with it.  If registration is
             successful, EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER() returns a cookie of type
             eventhandler_tag.
     EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER()
             This macro removes a previously registered callback associated
             with tag tag from the event handler named by argument name.
     EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE()
             This macro is used to invoke all the callbacks associated with
             event handler name.  This macro is a variadic one.  Additional
             arguments to the macro after the name parameter are passed as the
             second and subsequent arguments to each registered callback
             function.
     The macros are implemented using the following functions:
     eventhandler_register()
             The eventhandler_register() function is used to register a
             callback with a given event.  The arguments expected by this
             function are:
             list      A pointer to an existing event handler list, or NULL.
                       If list is NULL, the event handler list corresponding
                       to argument name is used.
             name      The name of the event handler list.
             func      A pointer to a callback function.  Argument arg is
                       passed to the callback function func as its first
                       argument when it is invoked.
             priority  The relative priority of this callback among all the
                       callbacks registered for this event.  Valid values are
                       those in the range EVENTHANDLER_PRI_FIRST to
                       EVENTHANDLER_PRI_LAST.
             The eventhandler_register() function returns a tag that can later
             be used with eventhandler_deregister() to remove the particular
             callback function.
     eventhandler_deregister()
             The eventhandler_deregister() function removes the callback
             associated with tag tag from the event handler list pointed to by
             list.  This function is safe to call from inside an event handler
             callback.
     eventhandler_find_list()
             The eventhandler_find_list() function returns a pointer to event
             handler list structure corresponding to event name.
   Kernel Event Handlers
     The following event handlers are present in the kernel:
     acpi_sleep_event
             Callbacks invoked when the system is being sent to sleep.
     acpi_wakeup_event
             Callbacks invoked when the system is being woken up.
     bpf_track
             Callbacks invoked when a BPF listener attaches to/detaches from
             network interface.
     group_attach_event
             Callbacks invoked when a new interface group has been created.
     group_change_event
             Callbacks invoked when the members of an interface group have
             changed.
     group_detach_event
             Callbacks invoked when an interface group has been removed due to
             no members.
     if_clone_event
             Callbacks invoked when a new interface cloner is attached.
     ifaddr_event
             Callbacks invoked when an address is set up on a network
             interface.
     iflladdr_event
             Callbacks invoked when an if link layer address event has
             happened.
     ifnet_attach_event
             Callbacks invoked when a new network interface appears.
     ifnet_detach_event
             Callbacks invoked when a network interface is removed.
     ifnet_event
             Callbacks invoked when a network interface is brought up or down.
     ifnet_link_event
             Callbacks invoked when the link state of an interface has
             changed.
     mountroot
             Callbacks invoked when root has been mounted.
     power_profile_change
             Callbacks invoked when the power profile of the system changes.
     shutdown_pre_sync
             Callbacks invoked at shutdown time, before file systems are
             synchronized.
     shutdown_post_sync
             Callbacks invoked at shutdown time, after all file systems are
             synchronized.
     shutdown_final
             Callbacks invoked just before halting the system.
     usb_dev_configured
             Callbacks invoked when a USB device is configured.
RETURN VALUES
     The macro EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER() and function eventhandler_register()
     return a cookie of type eventhandler_tag, which may be used in a
     subsequent call to EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER() or
     eventhandler_deregister().
     The eventhandler_find_list() function returns a pointer to an event
     handler list corresponding to parameter name, or NULL if no such list was
     found.
HISTORY
     The EVENTHANDLER_DECLARE facility first appeared in FreeBSD 4.0.
AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>.
DragonFly 5.3                    June 25, 2018                   DragonFly 5.3