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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.
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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "custom-entities.ent" >
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%entities;
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]>
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<!--
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SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
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-->
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<refentry id="libudev"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>libudev</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>libudev</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>libudev</refname>
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<refpurpose>API for enumerating and introspecting local devices</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<funcsynopsis>
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<funcsynopsisinfo>#include <libudev.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
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</funcsynopsis>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>pkg-config --cflags --libs libudev</command>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><filename>libudev.h</filename> provides APIs to introspect
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and enumerate devices on the local system.</para>
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<para>All functions require a libudev context to operate. This
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context can be create via
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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It is used to track library state and link objects together. No
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global state is used by libudev, everything is always linked to
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a udev context.</para>
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<xi:include href="threads-aware.xml" xpointer="strict"/>
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<para>To introspect a local device on a system, a udev device
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object can be created via
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_device_new_from_syspath</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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and friends. The device object allows one to query current state,
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read and write attributes and lookup properties of the device in
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question.</para>
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<para>To enumerate local devices on the system, an enumeration
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object can be created via
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_enumerate_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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<para>To monitor the local system for hotplugged or unplugged
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devices, a monitor can be created via
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_monitor_new_from_netlink</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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<para>Whenever libudev returns a list of objects, the
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_list_entry</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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API should be used to iterate, access and modify those lists.</para>
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<para>Furthermore, libudev also exports legacy APIs that should
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not be used by new software (and as such are not documented as
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part of this manual). This includes the hardware database known
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as <constant>udev_hwdb</constant> (please use the new
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-hwdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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API instead) and the <constant>udev_queue</constant> object to
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query the udev daemon (which should not be used by new software
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at all).</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_device_new_from_syspath</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_enumerate_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_monitor_new_from_netlink</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_list_entry</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-hwdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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