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NAME top

   sd_event_source_set_prepare - Set a preparation callback for event
   sources

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <systemd/sd-event.h>**

   **int sd_event_source_set_prepare(sd_event_source ***_source_**,**
                                   **sd_event_handler_t** _callback_**);**

   **typedef int (*sd_event_handler_t)(sd_event_source ***_s_**,**
                                     **void ***_userdata_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   **sd_event_source_set_prepare()** may be used to set a preparation
   callback for the event source object specified as _source_. The
   callback function specified as _callback_ will be invoked
   immediately before the event loop goes to sleep to wait for
   incoming events. It is invoked with the user data pointer passed
   when the event source was created. The event source will be
   disabled if the callback function returns a negative error code.
   The callback function may be used to reconfigure the precise
   events to wait for. If the _callback_ parameter is passed as **NULL**
   the callback function is reset.

   Event source objects have no preparation callback associated when
   they are first created with calls such as [sd_event_add_io(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Fio.3.html),
   [sd_event_add_time(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Ftime.3.html). Preparation callback functions are supported
   for all event source types with the exception of those created
   with [sd_event_add_exit(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Fexit.3.html). Preparation callback functions are
   dispatched in the order indicated by the event source's priority
   field, as set with [sd_event_source_set_priority(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Fset%5Fpriority.3.html). Preparation
   callbacks of disabled event sources (see
   [sd_event_source_set_enabled(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Fset%5Fenabled.3.html)) are not invoked.

RETURN VALUE top

   On success, **sd_event_source_set_prepare()** returns a non-negative
   integer. On failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.

Errors Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

   **-EINVAL**
       _source_ is not a valid pointer to an sd_event_source object.

   **-ESTALE**
       The event loop is already terminated.

   **-ENOMEM**
       Not enough memory.

   **-ECHILD**
       The event loop has been created in a different process,
       library or module instance.

   **-EDOM**
       The specified event source has been created with
       [sd_event_add_exit(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Fexit.3.html).

NOTES top

   Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
   can be compiled against and linked to with the
   **libsystemd pkg-config**(1) file.

   The code described here uses [getenv(3)](../man3/getenv.3.html), which is declared to be
   not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the
   functions described here must not call [setenv(3)](../man3/setenv.3.html) from a parallel
   thread. It is recommended to only do calls to **setenv()** from an
   early phase of the program when no other threads have been
   started.

HISTORY top

   **sd_event_source_set_prepare()** and **sd_event_handler_t()** were added
   in version 229.

SEE ALSO top

   [sd-event(3)](../man3/sd-event.3.html), [sd_event_add_io(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Fio.3.html), [sd_event_add_time(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Ftime.3.html),
   [sd_event_add_signal(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Fsignal.3.html), [sd_event_add_child(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Fchild.3.html),
   [sd_event_add_inotify(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Finotify.3.html), [sd_event_add_defer(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fadd%5Fdefer.3.html),
   [sd_event_source_set_enabled(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Fset%5Fenabled.3.html), [sd_event_source_set_priority(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Fset%5Fpriority.3.html),
   [sd_event_source_set_userdata(3)](../man3/sd%5Fevent%5Fsource%5Fset%5Fuserdata.3.html)

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