SYSEVENT_GET_CLASS_NAME(3SYSEVENT) System Event Library Functions

NAME

sysevent_get_class_name, sysevent_get_subclass_name,
sysevent_get_size, sysevent_get_seq, sysevent_get_time - get class
name, subclass name, ID or buffer size of event

SYNOPSIS

cc [flag...] file... -lsysevent [library...]
#include <libsysevent.h>

char *sysevent_get_class_name(sysevent_t *ev);


char *sysevent_get_subclass_name(sysevent_t *ev);


int sysevent_get_size(sysevent_t *ev);


uint64_t sysevent_get_seq(sysevent_t *ev);


void sysevent_get_time(sysevent_t *ev, hrtime_t *etimep);

PARAMETERS

ev
handle to event


etimep
pointer to high resolution event time variable

DESCRIPTION

The sysevent_get_class_name() and sysevent_get_subclass_name()
functions return, respectively, the class and subclass names for the
provided event ev.


The sysevent_get_size() function returns the size of the event
buffer, ev.


The sysevent_get_seq() function returns a unique event sequence
number of event ev. The sequence number is reset on every system
boot.


The sysevent_get_time() function writes the time the event was
published into the variable pointed to by etimep. The event time is
added to the event just before it is put into the kernel internal
event queue.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Parse sysevent header information.

The following example parses sysevent header information from an
application's event handler.


hrtime_t last_ev_time;
unit64_t last_ev_seq;

void
event_handler(sysevent_t *ev)
{
sysevent_t *new_ev;
int ev_sz;
hrtime_t ev_time;
uint64_t ev_seq;


/* Filter on class and subclass */
if (strcmp(EC_PRIV, sysevent_get_class_name(ev)) != 0) {
return;
} else if (strcmp("ESC_MYSUBCLASS,
sysevent_get_subclass_name(ev)) != 0) {
return;
}

/*
* Check for replayed sysevent, time must
* be greater than previously recorded.
*/
sysevent_get_event_time(ev, &ev_time);
ev_seq = sysevent_get_seq(ev);
if (ev_time < last_ev_time ||
(ev_time == last_ev_time && ev_seq <=
last_ev_seq)) {
return;
}

last_ev_time = ev_time;
last_ev_seq = ev_seq;

/* Store event for later processing */
ev_sz = sysevent_get_size(ev):
new_ev (sysevent_t *)malloc(ev_sz);
bcopy(ev, new_ev, ev_sz);
queue_event(new_ev);
}

ATTRIBUTES

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


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Committed |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|MT-Level | MT-Safe |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

attributes(7)

NOTES

The libsysevent interfaces do not work at all in non-global zones.

July 24, 2009
SYSEVENT_GET_CLASS_NAME(3SYSEVENT)